[plug] apologies, real n00b question.

[garry]

Richard Meyer wrote:

>I need to start up another instance of X on my PC - want to run db2
>admin tools, and it wants its own access to the desktop
>
>the instructions say 
>xhost + hostname
>export DISPLAY=hostname:0
>db2fs
>
>When I do the xhost, I get :
>db2inst1 at Selous:~> xhost + selous
>xhost:  unable to open display "selous:0"
>
>Any ideas?
>  
>
Will

export DISPLAY=hostname:1

fix it?

HTH

Garry