Hello Dave, hello Jim! > It looks like no X11 DISPLAY variable was set, but this > program > performed an operation which requires it. This is probably a consequence > of > the fact that you're trying to run a GUI in a text-only environment.
OK, then I guess I got something wrong: I thought cygwin would help me run programs under Linux from a windows machine ...? When running the same Java programme directly under the same Linux machine the program is working as expected. Jim Drash wrote: > Are you running an X-server on your local box? That is what the > message is saying. It needs to talk to an X-server. Sorry, I am a complete newbie to all this! :-( What is an X-Server? Thanks again, Peter -- Bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten sparen: GMX SmartSurfer! Kostenlos downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/