Thanks. That was it. I was under the false assumption that Cygwin started the X server for me. After digging for a while, I found out how to start it up.
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I start Cygwin and ssh -X from the local bash shell (not PuTTY). If the X-server is not started when I start Cygwin, then I don't know how to start it. I can't find a single scrap of documentation on it. -- Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Bryan Murdock [Mon, 15 Dec 2003 at 11:20 -0800] <quote> > 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 </quote> Yes, you would have to have X running (Cygwin or otherwise) and ssh from within it. It wouldn't work if you used, say, putty to ssh in straight from Windows or from a terminal. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
