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Re: How display graphic by cygwin


Peng, Brian,

IMO, this question (in fact, the whole thread) belongs on the cygwin-xfree
list, which specializes on all Xwindows questions.  People there are much
more likely to know the answer to this and other X queries you might have.
I've forwarded this message there, and set the Reply-To accordingly.
	Igor

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Peng Yu wrote:

> Yes, after I export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> It works. But I have to startx first.
> Must I startx before I want to display any graphics? Can it automaticly
> start? Thanks.
>
> Peng
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Dessent" <brian@dessent.net>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: How display graphic by cygwin
>
>
> > Peng Yu wrote:
> > >
> > > I use command
> > > ssh -X myaccount@remotehost
> > > then acroread.
> > > But it dosen't work.
> >
> > You're still getting "Can't open display"?  What is the value of the
> > DISPLAY variable once you've logged in to the remote host?  You may have
> > to set it before running ssh, i.e.  export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> >
> > Brian

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