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can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Cygwin on Windows: Can't open display up vote 3 down vote favorite 1 I am running Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I installed Cygwin and also added some useful packages (gvim, nedit, emacs, vim, g++). However, when I run gvim, I get "Can't open display". The same thing happens with nedit. When I did echo cygwin set display $DISPLAY, I showed nothing so I set the DISPLAY to :0.0. I still get "can't open display." I tried removing cygwin and re-installing but I get the same problem. windows cygwin display share|improve this question asked Sep 6 '15 at 17:08 John 1612 1 Sounds like the X11 server isn't running. Have you worked through the steps at x.cygwin.com ? –thrig Sep 6 '15 at 17:11 Let me also clarify that I am running Cygwin on my machine, where I am an admin. Yes, I did install the x11 packages, and looked through the x11 issues but that doesn't solve the problem. –John Sep 6 '15 at 17:17 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 3 down vote Unix GUI programs display through an X server. Cygwin doesn't automatically start an X server. You need to install the packages xorg-server and xinit, and run startxwin. share|improve this answer answered Sep 6 '15 at 23:53 Gilles 370k676711120 add a comment| up vote 1 down vote You can also use XLaunch/Xming. Open XLaunch, choose "Multiple Windows", and set a Display number (doesn't matter). In Cygwin, export DISPLAY=[whatever your XLaunch Display number is]. Launch your program with gvim & share|improve this ans
NewsTrainingKnowledge BaseSSH and X11 Forwarding Using CygwinThis document describes how to use Cygwin to log into ARSC systems and remotely run X11 applications from Microsoft Windows. For complete instructions on using the X11 server, please visit the Cygwin/X main site and review their User's Guide. For information
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X11 applications, you need to install an X11 server and an SSH client. Cygwin provides packages for both. For information on startxwin not working how to install Cygwin, please see the ARSC knowledge base article titled Installing and Using Cygwin. Ensure that you select and install the following Cygwin packages: openssh, xorg-server, and xinit. Starting the X ServerBefore http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/227889/cygwin-on-windows-cant-open-display you can use Cygwin/X to display X Window applications, it must be started. To do this, run the "startxwin" utility either in a Cygwin shell or from the XWin icon which should now be in your Start Menu. A white xterm window will open, and you will see the X Window icon appear on the right-hand side of your task bar.Opening an X11-forwarded SSH connectionNext, you need to http://www.arsc.edu/arsc/knowledge-base/ssh-and-x11-forwarding-us/index.xml establish your secure shell connection with X11 support. To do this, add an -X and a -Y flag to your normal ssh connection. For example, a user with an ARSC account named jsmith would connect to an ARSC system named murgatroyd by typing the following into his opened xterm window:ssh -XY jsmith@murgatroyd.arsc.eduIt is easiest to establish proper X11 forwarding using the xterm window that opened when you started the X Server. This is because it sets a DISPLAY variable for you automatically, which is needed by the X Window System.> echo $DISPLAY :0If you would like to establish the connection from your main Cygwin shell instead, you will have to set your DISPLAY manually. Either of these commands will do that.export DISPLAY=:0 export DISPLAY=:0:0Running Remote X Window ApplicationsWith your local X server running, a DISPLAY set, and your SSH connection with X11 forwarding open, you should be ready to open remote X Window applications. To do so, open the program from your shell prompt as if you were on a terminal directly connected to the system (see Running a Program from the Shell Prompt for more information). Before you open any large applications (such as Matlab), test that you have set up your connect
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings http://superuser.com/questions/310197/how-do-i-fix-a-cannot-open-display-error-when-opening-an-x-program-after-sshi and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users http://www.softpanorama.org/Unixification/Cygwin/cygwin_x.shtml Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how open display it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How do I fix a “cannot open display” error when opening an X program after ssh'ing with X11 forwarding enabled? up vote 50 down vote favorite 22 After launching the X11 app (XQuartz 2.3.6, xorg-server 1.4.2-apple56) on my Mac (OS t open display X 10.6.8), opening an terminal in X11 and running xhost +, I then ssh -Y to my Ubuntu 10.04 VM (running on VMware Fusion). When I run gedit .bashrc (for example), I get: (gedit:9510): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: set | grep DISPLAY returns nothing. But if I ssh -Y into my Ubuntu 11.04 machine, gedit .bashrc works. echo $DISPLAY returns "localhost:10.0". I tried export DISPLAY=localhost:10.0 while sshed into my VM and then running gedit .bashrc, but I get: (gedit:9625): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0 What could be different in the configuration of the two difference Ubuntu machines that would explain why one works and the other doesn't? Update: As suggested by Zoredache in the comment below, I ran sudo apt-get install xbase-clients, but I continue to have the same problem. ssh display xorg gtk share|improve this question edited Feb 9 '14 at 12:20 Pablo Saratxaga 1133 asked Jul 13 '11 at 18:13 Daryl Spitzer 2,91893236 migrated from serverfault.com Jul 13 '11 at 18:31 This question came from our site for system and network administrators. 2 Does the Ub
XDMCP "Can't open display" Error Replacing Exceed with Cygwin Hummingbird Connectivity 2006 Suite Teraterm Putty screen Command line Net Tools Perl VIM uwin SFU (version 3.5) ssh VNC OFMs Humor Etc The X Window System, version 11 (often "X11", or simply "X") is the standard graphical environment under Unix and GNU/Linux; it is also available for other platforms, including Mac OS X and MS-Windows. X applications ("clients") exchange data with an X server (another application). The X server receives and interprets instructions from the clients for displaying the clients' windows, and it collects and transmits keyboard and mouse input events to the clients. The xorg packages available with Cygwin (collectively, "Cygwin/X") provide a X server (XWin), a large set of standard X clients, and a set of development tools that can be used to compile X clients that run under MS-Windows. Cygwin/X is slower then native Windows X servers like Xming. Important: X clients cannot run unless they can connect to a running X server. The X server must be started first. When you use Cygwin/X, the X server runs on your PC, under MS-Windows. Once the X server is running, you can launch and interact with X clients on your PC or on any other networked computer (which can be running MS-Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, or any other OS that can run X client software). Among notable features of Cygwin/X: X Server Display Support for multiple X displays and X screens Limited multiple monitor support Support for local and remote window managers, including GNOME, KDE, and CDE XDMCP (direct, indirect, and broadcast) Copy and Paste Copy and paste both text and graphics between X clients and Microsoft Windows applications Copy and paste text between X clients Text, area, and window selection modes Support for TrueType fonts International keyboard support 3-button emulation Important Note: Cygwin/X server is sensitive to the Numlock key setting. Java applications do not accept keystrokes when Numlock is on. Keyboard appears to be frozen... The Cyg