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Re: App Unable to Acceess X Display
- From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
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- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:36:49 -0500
- Subject: Re: App Unable to Acceess X Display
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:50:10PM -0500, Mike wrote:
>Hello. My name is Mike. I am running Win 2000 Pro. I have recently
>tried to install the Lyx Latex editor. I had a successful Cygwin and,
>by all indications, Lyx install. When I try to launch Lyx, I receive
>the error "cannot access X display, exiting." I raise the issue here
>because it does not seem to have been resolved at the "Lyx" end of
>things and thus may be a bigger problem than just the app itself.
>The pat response to the query from the Lyx side of the house is to
>modify the Lyx config file. Specifically, to change the variable
>"DISPLAY =" from " localhost:0.0" to the computer's IP address e.g.
>"192.168.0.102:0.0". Unfortunately, several posts seem to indicate that
>this does not necessarily work. Certainly, in my case it hasn't. The
>other pat answer is to make sure any firewalls allow local port access.
>This does not seem to resolve the issue either. I have searched the
>internet and mail archives and still haven't found a solution.
>
>Again, I raise the issue simply in case it matters to you. If you have
>an insight it would be appreciated. Meanwhile, I will return to trying
>to convince my department that even if it isn't WYSIWYG, Latex is still
>worth a shot. Cheers.