RE: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts
> On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote:
> > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine
(now) but
> > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the
display
> > and that I need to run: export DISPLAY=<machine>:0 [or setenv--I'm in
BASH
> > so I use export]
> >
> > Running that command produces no error but also doesn't help. I have
tried
> > using the machine name and also tried using what appeared to be the
display
> > server name. I am not certain I used the actual display server
name--where
> > exactly do I find it and what should it look like? (I used defaults on
> > everything except the computer name during install and again during
> > reconfiguration.)
> >
> > I haven't yet discovered what man page to specify for more information,
none
> > of the 4 books I have nor the Xfree86 or Debian site have revealed
anything
> > useful as yet. Admitedly, I may be asking the wrong questions.
> >
>
> In the X session where you want to see the window open a terminal program
and
> type: echo $DISPLAY. Whatever you see as output is what you need to
export at
> the console.
I ran echo $DISPLAY and it returned nothing. I checked "set" and found no
DISPLAY configuration parameter listed at all. When I installed Debian 2.2,
I distinctly chose settings. Furthermore, X windows starts. What am I
missing and what do I need to do? Or where should I look for help?
[additional efforts]
I did some further research and typed: set DISPLAY <hostname>:0.0; export
DISPLAY
where <hostname> was the hostname of my Deb box--debian2. Yet when I ran
echo $DISPLAY again, I still got nothing and no DISPLAY setting shows when I
type: set. Help.
Thanks!
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