This probably should have been on the xfree list. >From: Patrick Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >In ssh you get x forwarding. But, I can't seem to get it working. A >command like: > > ssh -l <user> <system> <x app> > >always responds with something like: > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > >Is there some configuration that needs to take place in cygwin first? Yes I >can log in by dropping the <x app> part and yes the <x app> is available. >Tried running the above from a terminal that displayed after doing a >"startx" too... same result. So I have to figure I just don't have >something setup correctly.
At a minimum, you need to have the DISPLAY variable set before you execute the ssh, and you need to use the X forwarding (-X) option to ssh so: export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ssh -X -l <user> <system> <x app> -Richard Campbell.
