[gradsusr] "Error in GXSTRT: unable to connect to x server" in windows vista

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Sachis Makowski <
Makowsks at students.uni-marburg.de> wrote:

> Hi Arlindo,
> I disabled my antivirus software as well as the firewall in my computer and
> Grads is still not working. I checked if Xming is being launched and yes it
> is. Do you have any other ideas on how can I solve this problem?
>
>
Make sure grads/Xming is not running. Uninstall grads. Re-download and
install it again. There have been cases in which a corrupted download lead
to problems. Did you install it in the default directory?

If the superpack.exe fails again, try the .zip package.

     Arlindo



> Kind regards,
>
> Sandro
>
> 2011/1/19 Arlindo da Silva <dasilva at alum.mit.edu>
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Sachis Makowski <
>> Makowsks at students.uni-marburg.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I have downloaded and installed Grads v2.0  from the executable file
>>> "grads-2.0.a9.oga.1-win32_
>>> superpack.exe. I didn´t have problems during the installation but when I
>>> open the software from the command line and I choose one of the display
>>> options, the system returns the following error message: "Error in GXSTRT:
>>> unable to connect to x server". I also typed set in the command line to see
>>> if the display variable was set and it isn´t. Can anyone help to solve this
>>> problem?
>>>
>>>
>> Make sure your anti-virus software/firewall is not blocking the X server
>> (Xming).  Is Xming being launched?
>>
>>     Arlindo
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Sandro Makowski
>>>
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>>
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