On Mon, 2 Sep 1996 13:05:32 +0930 (CST) 
 blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn) wrote:

 > >jmarin@pyy ~ %(217)Could not open X display!
 > >Your display is set to ahven:0.0
 > >The X server does not seem to recognize this.
 > >Could not open X display!
 > .....
 > >
 > >I was trying to use an X server running on an Amiga and I thought it might
 > >be the one to blame, but trying a real X server didn't make things any
 > >better. :-(
 > >
 > 
 > Ummm one thing to try is use the IP address instead of the name in the
 > display environment variable.  I have had this work with other
 > (non-NetBSD) things.

I have this problem all the time, running Bay Networks Site Manager under 
NetBSD/sparc ... the solution?  Put the hostname of the display in 
/etc/hosts ... the reason?  Lame Sun C library that wants /etc/hosts or 
YP :-)  (I run YP, but not on the machines where I run Site Manager :-)

Hope that helps!

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