export your DISPLAY variable....If you want it on your localmachine:
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
remotely:
export DISPLAY=<URL_TO_MACHINE>:0.0
You can also: echo '$DISPLAY' to see what ya get
-Brad
----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Gervais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: $DISPLAY variable
> On Wednesday 18 April 2001 16:24, you wrote:
> > >What is this error I get when I try to open emacs or some other
devices. I
> > >get a statement like: 'no $DISPLAY environment variable' .
> > >
> > >Obviously I have to enter something, somewhere. Has anyone seen this
> > > before and if so how do I fix it?
> >
> > Have you started X?
> >
> > MB
>
>
> Yes. But I have dropped out to a console. But X is still running..
> --
> Ted Gervais
> Coldbrook, Nova Scotia Canada
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