Unable to open display or run xterm
Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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Sun Jun 3 17:47:00 GMT 2007
Glen Robinson wrote:
> Christopher Faylor suggested that I try:
> DISPLAY=:0 xterm&
> This immediately failed with error 53 (after hitting return twice). The
> exact same thing occurred in attempting to run xclock (DISPLAY=:0
> xclock&). I am not sure what error 53 is (or where it is coming from
> - xterm or the shell - or).
$ net helpmsg 53
The network path was not found.
Sounds to me like other software is getting in your way (anti-virus,
firewall, etc.)
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