[ale] FC4 and setting $ISPLAY

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Mon Apr 10 12:47:44 EDT 2006


Pete Hardie wrote:
> On 4/10/06, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
>> Pete Hardie wrote:
>>> I may have discarded this before it got out, apologies if I didn't...
>>>
>>> I've recently installed FC4 and cannot get $DISPLAY set correctly to
>>> allow xterms (or other stuff) from remote boxes to show up on my
>>> display.  My attempt to Google for an answer are lost in a sea of
>>> troubles about Nvidia cards and other hardware issues.  Anyone know
>>> the secret handshake for this in FC4?
>> How are you getting to the remote boxes?  ssh or telnet??
> 
> telnet.  Also, $DISPLAY is not valid locally  with localhost or the
> machine name on the interface to the intranet.

Does DISPLAY have a value at all?


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