VNC is not a display - it duplicates/mirrors your display to a remote machine. Try: "export DISPLAY=:0.0" If that gives you Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server message, run "xhost +localhost" first. George Mark Astrauskas wrote: > > I'm afraid I'm still having problems getting this to > work. When I run it and connect, I can't run programs > and get the "Can't open display:" error. I was told to > simply set $DISPLAY to the appropriate one, but the > only X display that ever exists is the VNC session I > leave running. Anyone got some more advice on this? > > -A.P. Etc > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss