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Re: GUI apps through ssh
- From: Mike <mikee at mikee dot ath dot cx>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:38:16 -0600
- Subject: Re: GUI apps through ssh
- Organization: The Math Forum
- References: <cvv9o3$ude$1@sea.gmane.org>
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, artem_ave might have said:
> Hello,
>
> I have Win 2000 machine running Cygwin (with X Server) and i'm trying to
> launch GUI apps from remote Solaris system via ssh (with -X option).
> Whatever DISPLAY I set in my ssh session it says:
> ... Xt error: Can't open display: ...
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Do you have the local X server running?
start bash (double-click on the cygwin icon)
start x ($ startx)
make the ssh connection (ssh -X HOST)
try something graphic ($ xterm)
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