You can read more about XDMPC at Cygwin/Xfree website. What is your remote shell? CSH or BASH. If it is bash then you need
export DISPLAY=your_windows_ip_address:0.0 Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Genisio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:34 AM > To: Raber Chris; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Newbie needs help opening browser window. > > > So did you try running an XDMCP desktop with the command line > interface that I mentioned in the last mail? > > Brian > > > --- Raber Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian, > > > > > > > > Well, running a browser should be as easy as running > > it with > > > a display set : > > > > > > netscape -display winmachine:0 > > > > Tried this, does not work. No window ever is > > displayed. > > > > > > > > Or setting the display variable, and running > > netscape : > > > > > > setenv DISPLAY winmachine:0 > > > netscape > > > > Same problem. > > > > > > > > To run XDMCP, if you have it enabled in the linux > > box (I think most > > > distributions have it on by default), simply use the > > > > > following command line > > > variables when starting the X server (This is in the > > user's manual): > > > > > > -query linuxIP -from windowsIP > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ >