El Viernes, 14 de Enero de 2005 14:36, Charles de Miramon escribi�: > > Thank you both, > Changing the configuration for the root session in Konsole from su - to su > solved my problem. Because you inherit the environment from your normal account (do env before and after the su), and you get the DISPLAY variable set.
> > I've never quite really understood how the DISPLAY works. If I launch an X > application on the computer Z with an IP of A and I want the application to > be displayed on computer Y with an IP of B, how should I write the DISPLAY > variable ? export DISPLAY=ip_of_B:0 You need that the X server on the computer B allows you to connect. > Normally with ssh -X it works automagically, but sometimes not. ssh handles those permissions and settings for you. How the handling is done can be configured in the ssh config files (ForwardX11). man ssh_config for more details. -- Pablo Pita Leira Debian Hint #17: Need someone to talk to about Debian? If you're comfortable with Internet Relay Chat (IRC), just install your favorite IRC client, and join #debian on irc.debian.org.
