RE: [aclug-L] first real question (in a while)

[John Alexander <john.alexander@xxxxxxxx>]

(from <machine name where you want stuff displayed>)

telnet <machine that will run stuff>

export DISPLAY=<machine name where you want stuff displayed>:0.0

 

This is the syntax i use when attaching to my DEC Alpha rh5.2 box from my itsybitsymachines laptop running winblows 98 using an X-server.

 

ja

-----Original Message-----
From: phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of phrostie
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:16 AM
To: aclug-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [aclug-L] first real question (in a while)

now that i have two machines tied together

one of the first things i wanted to do was to learn

how to launch X applications from the other box.

this way i would not bog down my desktop.

well some work and some don't.

i can pull up tkdesk, arena, and xbill,

but not netcfg or some others.

i get:

[phrostie@kansas download]$ rsh oz netcfg -d kansas:0.0
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 24, in ?
    from rhtkinter import *
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/rhtkinter.py", line 52, in ?
    e = Entry()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1288, in __init__
    Widget.__init__(self, master, 'entry', cnf, kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1042, in __init__
    BaseWidget._setup(self, master, cnf)
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1017, in _setup
    _default_root = Tk()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 844, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
[phrostie@kansas download]$ 

this is probably a dumb question but how do i set $DISPLAY

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