gv: Unable to open the display

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:

> >>>>> Alex Vinokur writes:
>
>     > $ gv -v
>     > gv: Unable to open the display

That's because the DISPLAY variable is not set correctly.  For a default X
invocation (no display number on the command line), DISPLAY should be
":0.0".

>     > $ cygcheck -sr | grep ghost
>     > ghostscript-base     7.05-2
>     > ghostscript-x11      7.05-2
>
>     > Also:
>     > $ which -a gs
>     > /usr/local/bin/gs
>     > /usr/bin/gs
>     > /bin/gs
>     > /usr/bin/gs
>     > /usr/X11R6/bin/gs
>
> Make sure /usr/X11R6/bin/gs is first in your path.

Good advice in any case.
	Igor
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