On 25/09/2004 05:11 PM, "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Geoff WALLACE wrote:
>
>> New to all this UNIX stuff, have installed Ethereal using Fink 0.7.1, X11
>> was already installed and had been updated to the latest version 1.1.
>
> Yes, but was X11 *running*? If it wasn't launched (I'm assuming that,
> if your X11 isn't the Panther X11, it's an app that gets launched, just
> as the Apple X11 that comes with Panther is an app that gets launched),
> you'd have to launch it.
X11 is the Apple one, how do you launch it, in Terminal x11 or x11 run or
run x11 all say command not found?
>
>> Have installed but cannot get it to run, get the following error message
>> when I try to run ethereal from the Terminal.
>>
>> "(ethereal:17023): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:"
>
> You'll *also* have to set the environment variable DISPLAY to :0.0 so
> that X11 applications will attempt to connect to the local X server. Do
>
> setenv DISPLAY :0.0
>
> if you're using a C shell-compatible shell (command prompt ends with a
> "%") or
>
> DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY
>
> if you're using a Bourne-compatible shell (command prompt ends with a "$").
Using the Apple terminal Application, what would the command be?
>
> You might want to put that in your .login (for C shell-compatible
> shells) or .profile (for Bourne-compatible shells) so that it happens
> automatically.
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