Stephen Bosch wrote: > > "Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" wrote: > > > XWindows was designed around Unix. Just set the DISPLAY environment > > variable at the command (telnet) prompt before starting the program that > > uses X. The format is host:session where session is usually 0. > > e.g. DISPLAY=192.168.1.5:0 > > > > If the X command gives a display fail error, you need to use xhost (man > > xhost) to allow a connection from the remote computer. > > Better yet, use ssh to make your console connections to the remote > machine. ssh will do two nice things: > > 1) ssh will by default set your DISPLAY variable when you connect > 2) ssh does display forwarding so that all your X traffic is encrypted, > too. Strangely, I've never gotten this to work either to a remote machine or locally. Never fully investigated, except to ensure forwarding was enabled... [time passes...] I just tried again and it worked... as root. >From the same command window, I get: [pfortin@bones Security]$ ssh -X bones [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: Last login: Sun Sep 10 00:24:56 2000 [pfortin@bones pfortin]$ emacs junk channel 0: istate 4 != open channel 0: ostate 64 != open Error: Couldn't find per display information [pfortin@bones pfortin]$ I can't find the above error string in any of the binaries/libraries. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Pierre > Easier and more secure. > > -Stephen- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- Linux (Up 52 days) -- Reboots are for system upgrades... Last reboot reason: Installed new BackUPS power supply.
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