From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21112 invoked by alias); 19 Mar 2010 13:55:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 21102 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Mar 2010 13:55:11 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net (HELO vms173005pub.verizon.net) (206.46.173.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:55:07 +0000 Received: from [10.120.16.116] ([unknown] [12.159.140.126]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0KZJ00F3V7ZJZJA0@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:54:56 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <4BA3822F.1080808@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:55:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" Reply-to: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: problems starting xterm References: <20100319105425.45455xuj4rc1xl2s@webmail.df.eu> <1269003960.7441.0.camel@raker.ateb.com> <20100319140917.18626ajajzoksadc@webmail.df.eu> In-reply-to: <20100319140917.18626ajajzoksadc@webmail.df.eu> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-03/txt/msg00063.txt.bz2 On 3/19/2010 9:09 AM, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > $ 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? For the mintty test case, yes, you need to set DISPLAY. Use this: export DISPLAY=:0.0 -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/