Re: unable to use x forwading from cygwin shell

[mnedai <mnedai at yahoo dot com>]

I've installed all the x packages again.
xterm and xclock from the bash cygwin gviving error:
$ Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0

[1]+  Exit 1                  xclock


Sylvain RICHARD-2 wrote:
> 
> mnedai wrote:
>> other thing, I use yout method and set up DISPLAY on my local xserver:
>> $ ssh -X -p 22 oracle@sandbox1
>> oracle@sandbox1's password:
>> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11
>> forwarding.
>> Last login: Tue Jul 29 14:44:10 2008 from ciber-2863399a4.dcciber.com
>>
>> sandbox1*sand1-/home/oracle
>> 1001$ xclock &
>> [1] 30439
>>
>> sandbox1*sand1-/home/oracle
>> 1002$ connect localhost port 6000: Connection refused
>> X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>>
>> [1]+  Exit 1                  xclock
>>
>> sandbox1*sand1-/home/oracle
>> 1002$
>>   
> Just to be sure,
> - Do you have an X server running before calling ssh? There should be an 
> X icon in the system tray. How did you start the server (startx, 
> startxwin.bat/.sh or XWin)?
> - Are you calling ssh from an xterm? What does echo $DISPLAY return 
> before calling ssh? And after?
> 
> Best of luck
> 
> Sylvain
> 
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