Scott Fordin schrieb: > Holger Krull wrote: >>> /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +<linux_machine_name> >> >> No you don't have to, if you use ssh to tunnel the X11 connection. >> (It would be localhost anyway and not the linux_machine_name). Try to >> understand the difference between tunneling and a remote connection. > > I understand what you're saying. All I know is that for some > applications, like Emacs and Arbortext Epic, it seems I have > to explicitly add the remote machine to my local X access list > for the applications to display on my local machine. Moreover, > for Epic to work, I have to explicitly set the DISPLAY variable > on the remote machine. Dunno. It works for me, but YMMV.
If you do this, you are not using the forwarding mechanism of ssh. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/