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Re: ssh -x
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" <reply-to-list-only-lh-x at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:26:35 -0500
- Subject: Re: ssh -x
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Holger Krull wrote:
Marco Meoni schrieb:
hi, I'm new with cygwin. I've mainly installed it to connect to a linux
server running GUI applications. In fact, I've read that with X11
forwarding (ssh -X) I can run remote applications and display the GUI
on my pc running cygwin.
Unfortunately I get errors like "can't open display". Does anybody know
what do I have to setup before? (i guess start X11 server on my local
pc)
Your guess is right. You have to start a local X11 server (startx). And
set DISPLAY before you start ssh.
Setting DISPLAY is not necessary with 'ssh -X' or 'ssh -Y'. More than that,
setting DISPLAY will likely cause the X forwarding to not work as expected.
For more info, read the "X11 FORWARDING" section of the 'ssh' man page.
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