From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 20 10:32:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BAEC16A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:32:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F359143D55 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:32:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3KAWQnx010104 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:32:26 -0700 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id j3KAWPev010102; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:32:25 -0700 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:32:25 -0700 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: Chris Hodgins Message-ID: <20050420103224.GG4192@alzatex.com> References: <4c90b7720504162331625e8bc3@mail.gmail.com> <63c3899e05041706407c28c08b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Cgrdyab2wu3Akvjd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <63c3899e05041706407c28c08b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:32:27 -0000 --Cgrdyab2wu3Akvjd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:40:15PM +0100, Chris Hodgins wrote: > On 4/17/05, Soheil Hassas Yeganeh wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > I start an X server on my FreeBSD box. I want to run some remote X > > applications from my fedora core 2. > > So, I have ssh to the fedora box and typed gedit. > > But it says : > > (gedit:12438): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > >=20 > > After I had export DISPLAY=3Dfreebsdboxip:0.0 > > it says again: > > (gedit:12438): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > >=20 > > But I can run freebsd application from my fedora core 2. > > What is the problem? >=20 > If you are using ssh anyway, you can tell ssh to do X11 forwarding.=20 > Read the man page first as there is some slight security risks > involved depending on the way your machine is used. Try this: >=20 > --------------- > $ ssh -X username@hostname With versions of openssh newer than 3.8, you probably want -Y instead of -X. > Password: > hostname$ xterm > ------------------- >=20 > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2 =20 --Cgrdyab2wu3Akvjd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCZi+4bTXoRwEYo9IRAhYWAJ9VWDQs0HmVeDfdPbWzxFCmBb6FnQCfVXE4 ZohQTYEikLqq/NtoO+GwEY4= =aYjR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Cgrdyab2wu3Akvjd--