On 4/14/05, slushpupie at gmail.com <slushpupie at gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/14/05, Dave Sherman <thurianknight at gmail.com> wrote: > > Doesn't the X server usually run on display :0 by default? It does on every > > Linux distro I've ever used, including Mandrake 10.1. But if I am reading > > this correctly, your app is trying to start on display :10. If my > > assumptions are correct, then the message is exactly correct, there is no X > > server running on display :10. You will either need to modify the app to run > > on display :0, or start an additional X server on display :10. > > Please note I'm not an X guru, but I think I've got my facts straight > > here. Anyone feel free to correct me. > > You are correct that X runs on :0, but he is using ssh to forward X. > X sets up a local display on the Irix box (localhost:10) that forwards > to the linux system on display :0. This is a very cool feature worth > reading about if you ever need to do remote display. Sorry- fingers got away from me. X dosnt set up localhost:10 on the Irix box, ssh does. -- Jay Kline http://www.slushpupie.com/