Re: Starting xconsole R6

[Stephen Early <sde1000@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Robert Kantor wrote:

> I am having a problem bringing up any Xclient applications.  Upon start
> up, XDM appears to start without any problems.  When I try and execute
> 'Xconsole' I get a message 'Error: can't open display'.  I have tried
> reconfiguring a multiple of ways without any success. 

You haven't made it clear exactly what happens. This is my interpretation 
of your description:

When you start xdm, the X server starts and the login window is 
displayed. When you enter your username and password, the login window 
disappears and an xterm with a shell starts. When you type 'xconsole' at 
this shell, you get the error you mentioned.

Is this correct?

Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk