On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:31:39AM -0700, Ashley wrote: > > I solved it. It turns out I need to somehow supply the DISPLAY environment > to the shell which executes the application on the dumb client. > Most apps don't have a "-display" option. > > > ashley@ishi:~ >rsh alban > Password: > > ashley@alban:~ >echo $DISPLAY > > ashley@alban:~ >/usr/bin/tuxracer > > *** tuxracer error: Couldn't initialize SDL: No available video device > > ashley@alban:~ >export DISPLAY=:0.0 > ashley@alban:~ >echo $DISPLAY > :0.0 > ashley@alban:~ >/usr/bin/tuxracer > > joy
Or run it as: rsh alban "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY tuxracer" or even better, use ssh, not rsh. More secure (having rsh available at all is undesireable), and ssh handles X forwarding and $DISPLAY and such already. For performance reasons you may want to specify that ssh use one of the faster ciphers, eg: ssh -c blowfish alban "my command" Or have I missed the point? -dg -- David Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] If simplicity worked, the world would be overrun with insects. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
