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From: jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: setenv DISPLAY hostname:0.0 when host is not known to name server
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Date: 3 May 89 22:22:43 GMT
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   Date: 3 May 89 14:11:30 GMT
   From: usc!neuro.usc.edu!annala@bloom-beacon.mit.edu  (A J Annala)
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   What host name string do I use when my server is a local sun
   (sal3.usc.edu) on a domain (usc.edu or oberon.usc.edu) when my
   local sun is unknown to the name server at a remote INTERNET site
   (overlord.jcs.mil)?  Let's say, for the purposes of this query,
   that it is politically infeasible to get the local sun specifically
   added to the name server list at the client site.

If you know the internet address for your workstation, you can use
that as the hostname component of the DISPLAY variable:

   setenv DISPLAY 128.125.5.3:0

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