On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 08:52:09AM -0800, Raymond Balise wrote: > > try using > > export $DISPLAY > > after setenv > No luck. In the log I get this: > export: Command not found.
If you're using csh or tcsh, then setenv is the command to export an environment variable. In sh, ksh, bash, or any other Bourne shell derivative, you need to use the export command. There is no need to do both, nor would it work. > I wish I knew more about Solaris? Sigh.... You may want to pick up a book on the subject. I recommend Harley Hahn's Student Guide to Unix. It sounds to me like everything is working fine. The xstartup script has the DISPLAY variable correctly set. Exported environment variables are passed along from one process to its child processes (any programs started within xstartup) but not back up to parent processes. So the shell within which you launch Xvnc or vncserver does not automatically get an updated DISPLAY variable. What most people do is have xstartup start an xterm or some other means to launch applications within the VNC session. Then they don't have any need to change the DISPLAY variable in their original shell. -- Mike Ossmann, Tarantella/UNIX Engineer/Instructor Alternative Technology, Inc. http://www.alttech.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
