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Subject: Re: launch x app from non-x tty?
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> Is there a way to log in from ssh and pop up a program on the local
> xterminal?  I tried, and got complaints that there was no x, so I
you mean local local display (local X server).

simply you have to

export DISPLAY=:0

before running.

must be the same user as logged locally.