On Wed, 4 May 2005, a12 wrote: > Alexander Gottwald skrev: > > > On Wed, 4 May 2005, a12 wrote: > > > > > Pardon my ignorance, but what am I supposed to do to solve the > > > problem ? > > > > Start XWin. > > Which means: use XDMCP & don't use xterm. > Please correct me, if I am wrong.
You're wrong. It means exactly what it says: run "startx" (or "startxwin.bat", or "start XWin.exe ...", or any of your favorite methods for starting the X server on your local machine) before running "ssh -X/Y". And please don't top-post. Thanks. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT