From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Feb 5 8:42: 5 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1521137B401 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 08:42:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f68.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 869DC43F43 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 08:42:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crollins666@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 08:42:03 -0800 Received: from 216.19.22.118 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 16:42:02 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.19.22.118] From: "clayton rollins" To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Redirecting output in XFree86-4 under 5.0-RELEASE Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 16:42:02 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Feb 2003 16:42:03.0320 (UTC) FILETIME=[82EB1380:01C2CD35] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You can set ssh to export the display variable through the $user/.ssh/environment script with a line like 'export DISPLAY=:0' hope that helps you some. Peace, Clayton >-> > 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'. >-> >-> 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 >-> > >Thanks! But it didn't solve the problem :-( > >SSH doesn't set the DISPLAY variable on the remote hosts. > >I think that those Linux boxes don't wanna give me his services >anymore :-D _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message