Re: How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-20 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 11:50:42PM -0700, nate wrote: > > you THINK you have it installed but it is not :) (glad you posted the > output). the first 2 letters rc means the package is removed but the > configuration files are still there(which can be removed with dpkg --purge) > This is probably n

Re: How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-19 Thread nate
Bill Wagner said: > On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 23:50, nate wrote: > >> you THINK you have it installed but it is not :) (glad you posted the >> output). the first 2 letters rc means the package is removed but the >> configuration files are still there(which can be removed with dpkg >> --purge) > > Acha

Re: How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-19 Thread Bill Wagner
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 23:50, nate wrote: > you THINK you have it installed but it is not :) (glad you posted the > output). the first 2 letters rc means the package is removed but the > configuration files are still there(which can be removed with dpkg --purge) Acha! I was wondering what that '

Re: How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-19 Thread nate
Bill Wagner said: > I have the xbase-clients package installed, but that doesn't seem to be > the piece of the puzzle that I'm missing: > > --- > # dpkg -l |grep xbase > rc xbase-clients 4.1.0-16 miscellaneous X clients you THINK you have it installed but it is not :) (glad you posted th

Re: How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-19 Thread Bill Wagner
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 23:27, nate wrote: > > not sure really what your asking, but if your just wanting to ssh > to a debian system and run an X app tunneled over the ssh connection > you can best start with installing xbase-clients (I like to test the > X ssh tunnel using xclock). that will grab

Re: How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-19 Thread nate
Bill Wagner said: > I'm new to Debian but have found I like it enough so far to replace four > of my existing Mandrake machines with it. > > One of the machines is a test box that's headless into which I ssh. I'd > like to export my display onto my desktop, but for the life of me, I > can't figur

How to get $DISPLAY

2002-09-19 Thread Bill Wagner
I'm new to Debian but have found I like it enough so far to replace four of my existing Mandrake machines with it. One of the machines is a test box that's headless into which I ssh. I'd like to export my display onto my desktop, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what packages I need to