How must I set the DISPLAY variable in order to be able to open x-windows applications?

[Brett Serkez]

> I have just installed cygwin/X and got the error message "Can't open
> display:" when starting e.g. xterm, xfig, ddd, i.e. an x-window
> application.
>
> I tried to set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 or DISPLAY="IP-Address":0.0 with
> export DISPLAY, but the error message remained.
>
> How must I set the DISPLAY variable in order to be able to open x-
> windows applications?

You must start the X server, I usually setup a short-cut to:

C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat

and even put that short-cut into my start folder on system systems.
Running that .bat file will not only start the X server, but also give
you your first xterm.  :-)

Brett
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Brett C. Serkez, Techie


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