hi ya assuming a bash shell...
westek[westk]:/home/westk> export DISPLAY=0.0 westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview & # # should work locally on the machine called westek # if you are sitting on a machine called foo and ssh into westek foo:/home/westk> xhost +westek westek[westk]:/home/westk> export DISPLAY=foo:0.0 westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview & # # should disply on the machine foo # # # when done... foo:/home/westk> xhost -westek # # to go from westek to foo # westek[westk]:/home/westk> ssh -X -l westk foo c ya alvin -- whether you wanna do this or not is a separate issue - slow displays - dont forget to use ssh forwarding... - other issues ?? On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Kent West wrote: > Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > > >On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 17:40, Kent West wrote: > > > >>So, for some reason, it seems that my Sid box that I'm ssh'ing into > >>isn't setting my DISPLAY. Why not? > >> > > > >On the box you are SSHing to, check /etc/ssh/sshd_config for lines like: > > > >X11Forwarding yes > >X11DisplayOffset 10 > > > >And on the machine you are SSHing from, check /etc/ssh/ssh_config for > > > >ForwardX11 yes > > > >Check ssh(1) and sshd(8). Now, about the stupid mismatch between these > >two directives, I guess you should mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-jwb > > > Well, that's interesting. > > I made both setting as you indicated above; now when I ssh into westek, > I get this: > > -------------- > westek[westk]:/home/westk> echo $DISPLAY > westek:10.0 > > -------------- > westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview & > [1] 10168 > > -------------- > westek[westk]:/home/westk> > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: westek:10.0 > > [1]+ Exit 1 gqview > > > So, progress has been made. My DISPLAY env. var. is now being set. But > it still doesn't work. > > But what I find interesting is that from what I've understood from > everything I've read (including the man page for ssh), the command line > option -X overrides the config files. But this experiment seems to > indicate that to not be the case. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]