On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:32, David Z Maze wrote: > Matthew Yee-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run > > software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On > > the remote machine, i export DISPLAY="mylocalIP:0" then on my local > > machine, i xhost <memote machineIP> . > > Eew eew eew. Don't do that. Debian disables unencrypted X network > sessions. But since you're using ssh to log in from one machine to > the other (right?) this is easy: just add -X to the ssh command-line > arguments to get X forwarding over ssh, and the DISPLAY environment > variable will be automagically set to the right thing on the remote > machine.
Ok... From an xterm window on my local box, I do $ssh -X <username>@<remotehost> Then from the command prompt on the remote box, I type $mtr -g www.cox.net and instantly get the error Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Explicitly setting $DISPLAY on the remote host causes the same error, but it just takes a few seconds of cogitation, first. Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove '-nolisten tcp' from the script that starts the local X. I'm going to try that now. -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, | ! CNN, Larry King Live | +---------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]