On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:20:46 AM CEST Dan Egli wrote: > Okay, this is I HOPE a simple enough question. I have a virtual server > running on my Win10 Host (not my ideal O/S!) that has a full X > environment on it. I usually connect via Putty(ssh) using VirtualBox's > Host Only network. That's great for text, but how do I set things up so > that I can run X programs on the virtual box and have them show on my > Win host? I have an implimentation of X for Windows (Xming)running, and > I set putty to forward X connections, but when I try something as silly > as xeyes, it fails. I've notice that the DISPLAY environment isn't being > set, but setting it myself doesn't seem to help. The Virtual Server's IP > is 192.168.56.25 and the Host automatically gets .1, so I tried setting > DISPLAY=129.168.56.1:0 and it doesn't work. I get a message "No protocol > specified" followed by the error "Error: Can't open display: > 192.168.56.1:0.0" > > Putty is set to forward X connections, and uses the same destination. > What am I doing wrong?
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/geoschem/docs/putty_install.html
