Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:22:37 +0200 From: kfredenb@dc.turkuamk.fi To: Maxi <meschoyez@efn.uncor.edu> Cc: Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Redirecting output in XFree86-4 under 5.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <1044451357.3e41101d8c62f@webmail.dc.turkuamk.fi> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10302051003230.13083-100000@lcd.efn.uncor.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10302051003230.13083-100000@lcd.efn.uncor.edu>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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