[PD] pdp help!!!

[Tom Schouten]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 03:19:58AM -0800, pun chik wrote:
> 
> hi list! I installed the debian pdp package from: 
> http://sindominio.net/~caedes/debian/ .
> IT worked fine, i can activate the external..... the problem i have is
> that i cant create the new window, for example in  the patch
> input_output (pdp/introduction) when i hit the create buttom the video
> window doenst appear.
> i get the following message in pd kernel:
> p_xv: cant open display :0
> 
> 
> any idea of what is going wrong???   i have all the requirements 
> installed. im using Pd version 0.37.1 devel and im on agnula demudi.
> 
> many thanks
> 
> pun chik
>

probably you don't have Xv
try to run the program 'xvinfo' to find this out.
another problem could be permissions of X server.
yet another problem could be that your Xv only allows 1 open connection.

cheers
tom