Ok, if you use ssh to connect, you should have to do nothing. Just ssh in,
and check if it's set by doing
echo $DISPLAY
and you should see it's set to the box you are sshing from (this of course
assumes you are running an X server on the box you are sshing from)
test it with
xclock&
hth
charles
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
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