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other:x_conf [2022/08/09 15:19] jypeter [On a Windows computer with WSL+Linux and an X server installed] |
other:x_conf [2022/08/09 15:32] jypeter [Nothing works!] Improved |
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[Remote] $ xterm &</code> | [Remote] $ xterm &</code> | ||
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+ | ==== On a Mac ==== | ||
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+ | FIXME | ||
===== Troubleshooting ===== | ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ||
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That's unfortunate, but: | That's unfortunate, but: | ||
- | * Have you turned on your computer? | + | * Have you turned on your computer? :-P |
- | * Do you have network access, and an account on a remote server? | + | * Do you have network access, and an account on a remote server? :-? |
* Have you run the [[other:x_conf#testing|Tests]]? | * Have you run the [[other:x_conf#testing|Tests]]? | ||
- | * Have you installed and configured the //X server// correctly? Is it really running? | + | * Have you [[other:x_conf|installed and configured the X server]] correctly? Is it really running? |
* Have you configured [[other:putty_conf|PuTTY]] and/or other required applications correctly ? | * Have you configured [[other:putty_conf|PuTTY]] and/or other required applications correctly ? | ||
- | * Is the ''DISPLAY'' variable defined correctly on the local and remote computer? | + | * Is the [[other:x_conf#what_is_an_x_server|DISPLAY variable]] defined correctly on the local and remote computer? |
=== When DISPLAY is not defined correctly === | === When DISPLAY is not defined correctly === | ||
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$ echo $DISPLAY | $ echo $DISPLAY | ||
+ | $ setenv DISPLAY CRAP_DISPLAY | ||
+ | $ xterm | ||
+ | xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: CRAP_DISPLAY | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
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If the ''DISPLAY'' variable is defined, but there is **no X server**, you will get a ''Can't open display: localhost://[SOME VALUE]//'' error\\ <code>$ xterm & | If the ''DISPLAY'' variable is defined, but there is **no X server**, you will get a ''Can't open display: localhost://[SOME VALUE]//'' error\\ <code>$ xterm & | ||
- | $ connect localhost port 6000: Connection refused | + | xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:23.0</code> |
- | xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:12.0</code> | + | |
Time to [[other:x_conf|read this page again]]... | Time to [[other:x_conf|read this page again]]... |