[NCLUG] Display variables

Mark Horning rip6 at rip6.net
Sun Dec 17 12:36:52 MST 2000


Prescott Oelke wrote:
> 
>  Hi there,
> 
>  I had a problem installing Myth II and checked the FAQ. The FAQ said to use
> unset DISPLAY and run the installer in text only mode. Myth II installed
> fine but ever since I did this I can't get a lot of stuff (netscape for
> example) to work at all if I'm not root. So my question is, How do I "reset"
> the DISPLAY variable?
> 
> Thanks,

If this is a standalone machine, try:
DISPLAY=:0.0 export DISPLAY

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Mark Horning
rip6 at rip6.net



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