On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 08:07:58AM -0500, Dave Sherman 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. Me! Me! Me! Dan is ssh-ing into the box, tunneling the X connection. So, on the Irix box ssh listens on :10 and forwards the requests to the actual display on the client machine. florin -- Don't question authority: they don't know either! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050414/329b48c6/attachment-0001.pgp