Re: installation error
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:08:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <db2e64e5-c4fc-413f-93ed-1e9a01bf128f_at_p11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>
On Apr 19, 2:39 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
> Note that in X terminology, the server is the
> system that drives the monitor you want your X display on. This can be
> the monitor in front of you or one installed on an X capable system on
> your network. To display on your local monitor DISPLAY will have the
> value 0:0, meaning local system display number 0. If your system has
> two graphics boards and two monitors the value could be 0:1 to display
> on the second monitor.
FYI, a free downloadable X server for your PC can be acquired at:
http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
BTW, if you have Xming (or some other X server) running on your PC, and you use Putty to connect via the Secure Shell, and it's configured for X windows tunneling, it will automatically set DISPLAY to "localhost:10.0" and thereby tunnel the X windows interface over the secure shell port. Works very well.
\:-\ Received on Sun Apr 19 2009 - 19:08:36 CDT