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Re: Can't get DISPLAY to set correctly
- From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 15:52:25 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Can't get DISPLAY to set correctly
- References: <loom.20050505T171304-473@post.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Ghunter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to get Xterm to open a new window on my machine and nothing
> is working. I am on a XP Pro and connecting to a sun. Here is the output I
> get, and it looks like it should work, but my DISPLAY is never set once I ssh
> in, and thus I can't open any windows.
>
> [MySunMachine:/home/user1] xclock
>
> Error: Can't open display:
Most likely X11Forwarding is disabled on the server. Check /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
The FAQ has an entry with the exact option to set.
bye
ago
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