How to remotly launch application with SSH and Cygwin/X server

[Fabien Tillay <ccarpediem at gmail dot com>]

Hi,

I've got a problem with Cygwin/X server (via Cygwin 1.7.1)
Assuming we have a PC on Linux called X and a PC on Windows called Y.
I want to send a SSH command from X to Y which launchs firefox on Y.
(ie Windows)

Firstly, if I go to Y (Windows) and launch a Cygwin shell and then
enter the 'firefox' command (firefox is in the PATH environment
variable of course), the Firefox is launched correctly and I can
navigate to whatever I want.
If I send a SSH command from X (Linux) to Y (Windows) with the firefox
command : ssh username@Y_IP_ADDRESS firefox, I've got a firefox.exe
process in the task manager of Y but Firefox is in the background (ie
there is no Firefox window).

I have set the DISPLAY environment variable to :0.0.
Do you know why it is launched in background ?
Is there a mean of displaying Firefox launched from the Linux box on Windows ?

Thanks
Silver

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