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how to check my display

 
ng_7
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how to check my display

hi,

i use the following command to check display,
but it show error, may i know where to set the Parameter.

tmp# echo $display
sh: display: Parameter not set.

thanks

Regards
ng
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A. Clay Stephenson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: how to check my display

First it is DISPLAY not display.

export DISPLAY=ip_address_or_hostname:0.0
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
Steven Schweda
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check my display

Many people care more about "DISPLAY" than
they do about "display".

What are you trying to do?
Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: how to check my display

everything is case sensitive in this OS.

"display" is not equal to "DISPLAY".

# echo $DISPLAY

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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ng_7
Regular Advisor

Re: how to check my display

Sorry , my mistake, after i change to the below command, still error.

echo $DISPLAY
sh: DISPLAY: Parameter not set.
Steven Schweda
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check my display

You already have one good suggestion for how
to set it. If you need more than that, you
may need to explain what you're trying to do.

If you're sitting at a VT100 terminal, the
DISPLAY setting may not matter much. What
_are_ you doing? Sitting at an HP-UX
workstation? Sitting at a Windows system?
Sitting at a Macintosh?
Dennis Handly
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: how to check my display

>after i change to the below command, still error.

If it isn't set, you must export it like Clay suggested.

This thread has some info how to automatically set it up from who(1):
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1134133
Yogeeraj_1
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check my display

hi,
Unless you explicitly set your DISPLAY environment variable, the output of echo $DISPLAY will always give you message "display: Parameter not set."

You can set your display either in your .profile:
e.g.
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0

or to another host that is running/emulating the X-display:
e.g.
export DISPLAY=Server_with_graphics_display:0

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj
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B. Hulst
Trusted Contributor

Re: how to check my display

Hi,

Type the command: set

Then you see all your variables.

Regards,
Bob
Dennis Handly
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: how to check my display

>Bob: Type the command: set

These are not the droids you want. :-)
The correct comand is env(1), for exported variables. Or typeset -x.