On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 10:41, Von Fugal wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, 15 Dec 2003 at 18:20 +0000] > <quote> > > > > I tried that too, but it was blank. So I set it to localhost:10.0. Still nothing. > > > > -- Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ssh into the remote without setting the DISPLAY at all, then tell what > > the output of 'echo $DISPLAY' is. > </quote> > > Well, if DISPLAY isn't set by ssh already, that means the tunnel wasn't set > up, so setting it manually won't help anything. I don't know Cygwin, but in > linux I would look in the configuration file ssh_config (found in /etc/ssh) > and make sure the line ForwardX11 (no|yes) is set to yes. It would have to > be the client side that doesn't have this enabled if that is indeed the > cause since I know the byu computers do have x-forwarding enabled. Yet it > doesn't make much sense that Cygwin (the point being to forward x > connections) wouldn't already have it enabled by default. This, > unfortunately, is the extent of my knowledge and my last idea. Hope you > figure it out.
You do need to have X started on your side before you ssh. I don't know much about cygwin, but I do remember that I had to manually start an X session and then ssh from within that X session in order for X stuff to be forwarded. Is this what you are doing? Bryan _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
