Stefan Sassenberg schrieb: > Mathias Uebelacker schrieb: >> at first try export DISPLAY=IP:2, and resolve localhost (127....) >> > [sbox-X86: ~] > export DISPLAY=192.168.0.196:2 > [sbox-X86: ~] > ./start-xephyr.sh > > Xephyr cannot open host display. Is DISPLAY set? > [sbox-X86: ~] > > > This is not strange to me. Why should I export DISPLAY=IP:2 at that > point when my DISPLAY is at localhost:10.0? localhost:10.0 is the > display that Xephyr should *use*, while :2 is the display that Xephyr > *offers*. That's why tutorials ask me to start-xephyr.sh and then > "export DISPLAY=:2" followed by af-sb-init.sh. > I solved that problem. A tutorial told me to start Xephyr inside the scratchbox. Correct is outside of scratchbox. ./start-xephyr.sh /scratchbox/login export DISPLAY=:2 af-sb-init.sh start # doesn't work for me yet, but that's another story Thank you. Stefan