Hi there,

All you need to do is dependent on the shell:

csh, tcsh:
# setenv DISPLAY "localmachineIP:0.0"

ksh, POSIX, bash:

$ export DISPLAY=localmachineIP:0.0"

If you're using a Windows client, you need to have an X emulator like
eXceed or Reflections X.

-Anne

On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 11:54:13AM -0700, s ys wrote:
> Hi,
> I connect to a remote machine( Solaris 2.6) through SSH, there is a GUI 
> running on the remote box, but I can not open the GUI on the local machine. 
> the error mesage is : can not open display.  how to set DISPLAY on the local 
> machine?
> 
> thanks!
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