Hi, On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:40 AM, W. B. Kranendonk <wankelwan...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> At best (or worst) the application opens on the Freerunner. Then there are > various degrees of stranding on the way to the display of my laptop > > The output is quite clear: > (vala-terminal:2759): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > There is no display set. This is with the default /etc/profile > (DISPLAY=:0). I tried setting it manually to point to the freerunner, to no > avail. Xauth does not list any displays, while there is a display on my > laptop (how handy..) > > Any suggestion? > One thing would be more information in your problem report. I think you are trying to start an X client on your FR and have the output come to your desktop, but that isn't 100% clear. Always describe what you are trying to do, in simple terms (eg: "I'd like to start xmines on my FR and have it show up on my Desktop"). Next, I'm unclear how you are connecting between your FR and your Desktop. USB cable? Ethernet? Intervening device(s)? Wifi? Mind meld? :) You reference "DISPLAY", and even give us a pretty good error message. But without some of the above info, it'll be harder to know what is going on. It would also help if you let us know your approx. skill level. (eg: "While I'm a Ubuntu GUI guru, I'm a newbie at getting X working between different machines"). Now, I have the older 1973 (pre-FR), and it's been a while since I hacked on it. But if memory serves, I was able to get X working with the right settings. I'll assume a few things -- that you are directly connecting to the FR (no other devices in the middle), and that there is no encryption. In that case, you probably need 2 things. First, is the correct DISPLAY setting. This is usually "DISPLAY=hostname:0.0", where hostname = desktop's hostname. Second, you have to either "xhost" or "xauth" your FR, something like "xhost +freerunnerhostname". Now, I don't know if there is some FR specific issue or distro problem that might be affecting the FR/FR OS, so your mileage may vary. But, feel free to try out the above suggestion and let us know if it works, and if it doesn't, please answer some of the other questions above. Hope this helps, Gerald
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