Subject: setting DISPLAY
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@tmonline.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/12/1999 13:43:04
Trying to set the DISPLAY enviorment variable on a sparc 1.3.3 box.
If I say setenv DISPLAY sol:0.0 it doesn't work. (can't open display)
If I use setenv DISPLAY 192.168.123.7:0.0 it works fine.
in /etc/hosts, I have sol 192.168.123.7

Any ideas why this is?

Brad

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