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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:04:22 -0400
To: "lin q" <linq936 AT hotmail DOT com>, kdibble AT alltel DOT net, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com,
   cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: gv: Unable to open the display.
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At 05:41 PM 7/25/2005, you wrote:

>>From: Ken Dibble <kdibble AT foo DOT bar>
>>To: cygwin <cygwin AT foo DOT bar>,  cygwin-xfree AT foo DOT bar

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>>Subject: Re: gv: Unable to open the display.
>>Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:03:43 -0500
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>lin q wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>> I just installed gv using the cygwin installer, I select "Download from the internet" option and the install process runs for quite a while.
>>>
>>> After that I run "/usr/X11R6/bin/gv.exe" and I saw this error,
>>>
>>>gv: Unable to open the display.
>>>
>>> What does that mean?
>>>
>>> Should I install something else for gv to run? Shoudn't cygwin installer already consider that?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>Moved to Cygwin-Xfree .
>>
>>Is X running or are you trying to run gv from a cmd-type shell?
>>
>>You'll probably get more help if you follow the problem reporting guidelines at
>>http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>
>>Tthe XWin log file would be helpful as well.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Ken
>It seems I should know a lot more to make gv running...
>
>My only purpose is to view a postscript file content and as I know I should run gv, so i installed gv package and then in cygwin shell I type "/usr/X11R6/bin/gv.exe".


'gv' is an X program.  It requires the X-server to run before it will 
display.  You need to start the server first.  Type 'startxwin' and that
should help.  For more info, see:

<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.html>


>In the installation process there is nothing obvious wrong.


There isn't anything wrong.  'setup.exe' knows 'gv' is a X program.  It 
knew to install the X-server for you.  But you have to know to run the
server.


>You mentioned I should run X first, what that mean? Is there some program I should run before I fire up gv?


Yep, as I mentioned above.




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