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Date: Wed,  5 Feb 2003 15:22:37 +0200
From: kfredenb@dc.turkuamk.fi
To: Maxi <meschoyez@efn.uncor.edu>
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Subject: Re: Redirecting output in XFree86-4 under 5.0-RELEASE
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Quoting Maxi <meschoyez@efn.uncor.edu>:

> Hi guys!
> 
> I've recently installed XFree86-4 under 5.0-RELEASE and I didn't have a
> solution to redirect the graphical output of a remote host to mine.
> After enabling the remote host with 'xhost' in the localhost and setting
> the 'DISPLAY' variable under the SSH session, when I start a graphical
> program it returns 'unable to open display'.
> 
Hi,

sorry about the last empty mail, my fingers slipped :)

Well, what I was suppose to say was that, did you try to redirect the X using
the -X flag in ssh? Then you wouldn't have to play around with xhost and the
DISPLAY variable at all.

ssh -X you@your.server


best regards, Kim

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