Pavel you have suggested to use: > ssh -YC your_debian_machine > and run LyX afterwards, what happens?
it runs perfectly. Many thanks to you I was not aware of the -Y option for ssh that's why I have always used putty instead. The $DISPLAY value is the same but with ssh it's displaying the window. Thanks again All the best Jacques On Sun, 2020-10-11 at 20:40 +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 02:39:36PM +0000, Jacques B. Siboni wrote: > > I try to run it through a remote display on another Ubuntu computer. > > I use putty to connect; xterm and other xwindow applications run fine. (gimp > > for > > instance) > > > > The DISPLAY variable is set to localhost:11.0 which Xwindow apps appreciate > > > > When I run lyx I can see it is running on the processes list but there is no > > display. It just stays like that. > > > > Is there a hidden option or what? > > > > Does it ring a bell? > > No, but I do not use putty. Maybe the 11.0 display is not a correct one? > Anyway, if you just use normal console and connect via > ssh -YC your_debian_machine > and run LyX afterwards, what happens? > > Pavel > -- Jacques B. Siboni mailto:jac...@lutecium.org 8 pass. Charles Albert, F75018 Paris, France Tel: +33 142 287 678 Port: +33 612 536 959 Home Page: http://jacsib.lutecium.org/ Lutecium pages: http://www.lutecium.org -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
