[WBEL-users] Display problem

[Tony Schreiner]

If you're running bash or another Bourne-like shell, you have to

export DISPLAY

or
export DISPLAY=local:0

However
If you would use ssh and X11 tunneling you would not have to deal with 
xhost, and setting the DISPLAY

Tony

On May 17, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Simon Hodge wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've search the web without success for some time and so hoped someone 
> here could help!  I've just downloaded and installed WBEL - version 
> 4.0.  I did a full install.
>
> I've logged in with a user, disabled access controls (xhost +) and 
> then remotely logged into another machine.  On the remote machine I 
> set the DISPLAY variable to the WBEL machine.  When I attempt to start 
> a graphical application, such as nedit, I get the 'Can't open display' 
> message.  For example:
>
> local> xhost +
> local> rlogin remote
>
> remote> DISPLAY=local:0
> remote> nedit
> Nedit: Can't open display
>
>
> I know this may not be a Whitebox problem, but I haven't had the 
> problem on any other distro (yet!) so just wondered if any other 
> Whitebox users experienced it or could offer some advice?
>
> Thanks very much!
> Simon
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