umweber on Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:19:25 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable


I think if you do export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 that should work.

-- 
Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Aaron Brown wrote:

> Ok I know this has to do with the display settings, I just dont know where
> to look for it.  This isthe situation.  When I am in X on my local
> machine, and logged in as someone, I can use the X applications with no
> problems.  But when I su or change to another user in a TERM I get the
> following error:
> 
> Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY
> environment variable
> 
> I dont know whereto look to fix this, nor do I have a clue what to set as
> the display envvironment, I would like to still be able to run X programs
> on remote hosts too..
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> -- 
> -Rune
> 
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> in life you have a relative that has a theory...
> 
> In the Depths of the minds of the insane Fantasy and Reality are the
> same...
> 
> 
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