Re: gqview error: ** WARNING **: cannot open display:

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>]

	Subject: gqview error: ** WARNING **: cannot open display:
	Date: Thu, May 27, 1999 at 01:52:52AM -0700

In reply to:Dan Smith

Quoting Dan Smith(dyson_sphere_explorer@yahoo.com):
> NOTICE: I am not subscribed to the list, so please
> send replies to ME, dyson_sphere_explorer@yahoo.com! 
> Thank you
> I installed gqview after first installing the proper
> libs, and once it installed without dependancy
> problems, attempted to use it.
> The following commands:
> gqview
> gqview <filename>
> gqview -h
> gqview --help
> All resulted in this error:
> <blank line>
> ** WARNING **: cannot open display:
> <return to bash prompt>
> Is there some conf file I need to configure?  And if
> so, where?  The docs offered no help.

You ran those commands on the console, right.  Well as gqview is an X
program, try those while in X.  Look in the Apps/Graphics section of
the menus.  Its there on Slink, anyway.

HTH, YMMV, HAND.

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Wayne T. Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>