Ok, I am pretty new to this so maybe I am a bit slow but I just don't get it.
Say I want to start X on a local box I first use ssh to connect once connected
I just run the command:
export DISPLAY=my_box_ip:0
when I do this nothing happens
Steve
On 15-Mar-2000 Charles Galpin wrote:
> or just use ssh, and DISPLAY is setup for you automagically. Safer too.
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Cokey de Percin wrote:
>> >
>> > Normally, this information is lost when you disconnect. However, you can
>> > setup a special user, say "nt_user", with a .login file which will reset
>> > the display each time you connect again by saying :
>> >
>> > setenv DISPLAY my_nt_machine_ip:0
>> >
>> > if you are using tcsh
>> >
>> > or
>> >
>> > export DISPLAY=my_nt_machine_ip:0
>> >
>> > if using bash.
>
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