This worked great. Thanks Alexander! Jeff
> ---------- > From: Alexander K. Hansen > Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2002 10:42 AM > To: Hester, Jeffrey W. > Subject: Re: [Fink-users] XWindows references > > In principle this isn't too hard > > 1) Make sure your Mac allows your Linux box to run its display. Do > > xhost + <your Linux box's IP> (by name or number) on your Mac. > > 2) You are correct about needing to set the DISPLAY on the Linux box. If > you are logged in to it through a shell (telnet, ssh, etc.) then just do > > setenv DISPLAY <your Mac's IP>:0.0 (assuming you are running the default X > setup, and that the shell is tcsh) on your Linux box, through the remote > connection. > > That should do it. > > On 3/7/02 11:16, "Hester, Jeffrey W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > This is off topic since it's not 100% fink related. Does anyone know of > a > > good online XWindows reference? I've got fink and many packages loaded > > including XWindows, IceWM, Python, TCL/TK, ... all via fink. > > > > I'm connecting to our Linux (Mandrake) box down the hall but I'm having > > problems running apps on it like tkcvs. I'm sure it's a simple problem > but > > not being XWindows literate I need to bone up on it. I'm getting errors > > like: > > > > "Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY > > environment variable" > > > > I assume I have to set this on the host (Linux) box and not me as the > client > > (Mac OS X.1.3) > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, LDX Collaboration > MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 > > _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
