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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gvim cannot open display.
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On Jan 11 13:41, Bas van Gompel wrote:
> When I start a -- recently installed -- gvim it tells me: ``
> 
>   E233: cannot open display
> 
> '', and then stays in console mode.
> 
> This happens on various machines.
> Is it working for anybody? Am I doing something wromg?

Are you running an X terminal?  Did you set $DISPLAY correctly? If the
terminal is a remote X terminal, did you allow your Cygwin client to
connect (xhost)?


Corinna

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