Redirected to proper mailing list. On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:50:10PM -0500, Mike wrote: >Hello. My name is Mike. I am running Win 2000 Pro. I have recently >tried to install the Lyx Latex editor. I had a successful Cygwin and, >by all indications, Lyx install. When I try to launch Lyx, I receive >the error "cannot access X display, exiting." I raise the issue here >because it does not seem to have been resolved at the "Lyx" end of >things and thus may be a bigger problem than just the app itself.
>The pat response to the query from the Lyx side of the house is to >modify the Lyx config file. Specifically, to change the variable >"DISPLAY =" from " localhost:0.0" to the computer's IP address e.g. >"192.168.0.102:0.0". Unfortunately, several posts seem to indicate that >this does not necessarily work. Certainly, in my case it hasn't. The >other pat answer is to make sure any firewalls allow local port access. >This does not seem to resolve the issue either. I have searched the >internet and mail archives and still haven't found a solution. > >Again, I raise the issue simply in case it matters to you. If you have >an insight it would be appreciated. Meanwhile, I will return to trying >to convince my department that even if it isn't WYSIWYG, Latex is still >worth a shot. Cheers. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
