problems starting xterm

[Markus Hoenicka]

Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@ateb.com> was heard to say:

> what happens when you call xterm from the mintty command line?
>

$ xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
xterm:  DISPLAY is not set

Do I have to set DISPLAY manually? And if yes, what should it read?

regards,
Markus


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