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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Window Manager Problem
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:50:34 +0200
Organization: Systemics Ltd.
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arisia@gate.net wrote:
>
> I gave up on the Diamond Stealth 2001 video card and installed a Number 9
> Motion 771 card.
>
> Solaris likes it.
>
> FreeBSD 2.1R likes it(mostly).
>
> I can now issue a "startx" command and get an X session, however if I try to
> use one of the other window managers(fvwm, or ovwm), I get the following :
>
> TRANS(SocketINETConnect) () can't connect : errno=61
The 61 is connection refused - sounds like it's trying to connect to
the wrong machine or something.
> can't open display
>
> I will get this same series of error messages if I issue an "xhost +" command.
>
> I've tried setting the DISPLAY variable to several things( `hostname`:0.0,
> unix:0.0, {hosts IP address}:0.0). What's different between tvwm(which I
> believe startx uses by default) and the other wms ?
>
Try setting DISPLAY to :0.0 and see if that helps.
Good luck
Gary
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