Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:40:15 +0100 From: Chris Hodgins <christopher.hodgins@gmail.com> To: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.h.y@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box Message-ID: <63c3899e05041706407c28c08b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4c90b7720504162331625e8bc3@mail.gmail.com> References: <4c90b7720504162331625e8bc3@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4/17/05, Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.h.y@gmail.com> 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? 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: --------------- $ ssh -X username@hostname Password: <enter password> hostname$ xterm ------------------- Chris
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