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RE: Running xterm on localhost with XWin
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:28:55 -0400
- Subject: RE: Running xterm on localhost with XWin
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Mario,
Just follow the User's Guide instructions:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html
Harold
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Mario Ohnewald
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 5:46 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Running xterm on localhost with XWin
>
>
> Hello!
> Should this not work:?
>
> XWin -screen 0 640 480 & # open X
> set DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 # set Display
> xterm.exe # run app. wich should appar in X
>
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
>
> Cheers, Mario