Feeling like a Newbie (again.) I'm running a headless Linux Server, recently upgraded to Slack 9.1, and was just about to fire up an x-session in Windoze when I realized I couldn't export the server's display to my MS box.

-tried "export DISPLAY=remotehostIP:0" but it didn't work

-tried "xterm -DISPLAY=remotehostIP:0" and that didn't work

Other forums suggested I try "xhost +" to allow the display to be exported to remote hosts. Doing so returns "unable to open display "" "

When I tried to simply see how the display was set, echo returned NOTHING.

So what have I done wrong? I have no problem setting up my VNC server to run on DISPLAY :1 (or :0 for that matter)

I had assumed that the default display was always "localhost:0" Is this not the case? If so, how do I set it/automate it? What file do I edit? Thanks in advance.

Try that...
Cheers,
Tink

Tink-

I'll be damned!

Totally did the trick. My sincere thanks. If you'd care to indulge me, just what does the 0:0 mean, anyway?

thanks again

Wish I could mate ... :}

I know the :0 (or :1) respectively stands for
the first (second) display ... no idea what
the .0 does ;)

Cheers,
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