[lug] DISPLAY variable.

[John Starkey]

Dear John :},

Sorry it was a typo "," instead of "."

Should have read DISPLAY=<workstation>:0.0

So in the 0.0 part. One is the server number and one is the display
number??

Thanks,

John

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, John Starkey wrote:

> I'm installing Oracle and it's looking for the DISPLAY variable. Never
> even heard of this. 
> 
> The install guide says to enter:
> 
> DISPLAY=<workstation>:0,0
> export DISPLAY
> 
> then if I have any problems I should enter:
> 
> xhost +<workstation>
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the variables are? <workstation> seems pretty
> self-explanatory, the error message says:
> 
> can't connect to X11 window server using <workstation>:0,0 as the valuable
> of the DISPLAY variable
> 
> So, since I know both my IP and my /etc/host entry I'd have to say it's
> the :0,0 part that's causing it.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> John
> 
> 
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