Is your DISPLAY environment variable set to something bad? You should probably set it to ":0.0". This really sounds more like a problem with your shell than with anything server related. Mark. On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-1] Ivan Todorov wrote: > Can anyone tell me why i get a no dsiplay found when i run a xcalc. My X server is runnig fine but this error prevents me from starting anything thah uses the X server. > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86