Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:14:04 +1300 From: kit <kit@hypostasis.com> To: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.rit.edu> Cc: "'paul beard'" <paulbeard@mac.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Remotely on a Win2k Box Message-ID: <20021113071404.GA81762@amethyst.hypostasis.com> In-Reply-To: <000501c28ac3$a1754c30$1500a8c0@dogbert> References: <3DD1B6E9.1080506@mac.com> <000501c28ac3$a1754c30$1500a8c0@dogbert>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:20:31PM -0500, Brian McCann wrote: > No go. Tried host:0.0, host:0, nothing worked...still ran on the > console. I am starting up X windows using "startx"...should I be using > something different? > > Thanks, > --Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of paul beard > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:20 PM > To: Brian McCann > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: X Remotely on a Win2k Box > > > Brian McCann wrote: > > Hi all...I tried searching through the archives to find some > > help...but there was WAY to much returned. So...here's my question. > > I need to be able to open an X session (complete with KDE and all) > > from a Win2k Box. I've got Xmanager for Win2k, and I can connect and > > get an xterm session via ssh, but when I type startx, it starts up X > > on the console. I would have thought it would have grabbed the > > name/number of the display I was currently logged into to send the > > output to. Anyone know how I can do this, or a good site with a > > how-to? > > what's your $DISPLAY value set to? If it's :0.0, you need to set > it to be the host you're connecting from. try: > > export DISPLAY=<remotehost>:0.0 > > where <remotehost> is where your ssh connection originates. > > Actually I think that $DISPLAY should be set ot :0.10 (as the default offset) to have the xsession forwarded over the ssh connection. This, if I recall correctly will be related to the way you start your ssh. I have a feeling that some windows ssh clients need to be explicity told to forward X in order to tell the sshd that $DISPLAY needs to be appropriately set. If you set $DISPLAY manually it will not forward over the ssh connection. Which ssh client are you using? --kit -- whois -h whois.gandi.net KM78-GANDI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20021113071404.GA81762>