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Re: Can't use mintty instead of rxvt for ssh -Y using cygwin xserver
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:39:27 -0400
- Subject: Re: Can't use mintty instead of rxvt for ssh -Y using cygwin xserver
- References: <AANLkTim5aK4tPoC+AnRQw9ZwLQXqdm+ASUp-ffrw0OUU@mail.gmail.com>
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- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 10:10:28AM -0700, Reckoner wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm starting my xserver using
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /usr/X11R6/bin XWin -multiwindow
>-clipboard -silent-dup-error
>
>and then I do:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh
>
>when I do
>
> % ssh -Y host@remote.edu
>
>I can successfully open remote x-windows.
>
>However,
>
>If I use mintty 0.91 instead of rxvt as shown below:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh
>
>when I do
>
> % ssh -Y host@remote.edu
>
>I *cannot* successfully open remote x-windows.
>
>Note that changing the shell from zsh to bash doesn't help at all.
>
>Any advice appreciated.
>
>The appropriate log files are attached.
According to your cygcheck output, you don't have a DISPLAY environment
variable set. Does performing an "export DISPLAY=:0" before using ssh
help?
cgf
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