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Date:      Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:03:25 +1300
From:      kit <kit@hypostasis.com>
To:        Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.rit.edu>
Cc:        "'kit'" <kit@hypostasis.com>, "'paul beard'" <paulbeard@mac.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X Remotely on a Win2k Box
Message-ID:  <20021113160325.GA26962@amethyst.hypostasis.com>
In-Reply-To: <001201c28b19$dca26a30$1500a8c0@dogbert>
References:  <20021113071404.GA81762@amethyst.hypostasis.com> <001201c28b19$dca26a30$1500a8c0@dogbert>

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On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:37:50AM -0500, Brian McCann wrote:
> I'm using Xmanager...it has SSH connection support built into it.  I
> will be trying what you all suggested shortly and post my results.
> Thanks all!
> 
> --Brian
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> > 
<snip> 
> 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?
> 

I erred.  ssh will generate a $DISPLAY with an offset of the form :10.0

You may want to set the "Obtain a Display number automatically" 
check box, and keep an eye on the output of the execution progress/result

sshd sets up a $DISPLAY with an offset so as not to interfere with 
and X servers runningon the machine you are connecting to.

Probaby what you want to do (as someone else suggested) is 
run startkde as you already have an X server (on you local machine)
running.  I think that in the Execution Command a straight 
startkde should suffice, rather than from an xterm.

--kit

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