[snip] > > > However, I cannot seem to start an X session from my "ssh -X -p 892 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" session. I tried running "explorer ." and that > > > just hung. OK, that was not an X program. Then I tried > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock and it said it could not open the display. Having > > > already done a xhost+ <remote wan address> before running ssh I tried export > > > DISPLAY=<client lan address>:0.0 but that did not help: it still could not > > > open the display. > > If you are using ssh -X or -Y you don't need to set DISPLAY, in fact ssh already > did set it. But if you set DISPLAY then X uses the normal ports and those will > have to be opened/redirected on the firewall. > > [snip] > > > winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0 > > It was running already but it's not needed unless you want to use VNC.
Well what am I doing wrong? I forgot to mention: the firewall guarding the windows machine must have the necessary ports open or I would not be able to establish a console window on it. Why does /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock still say "Error can't open display:"? Thanks, Siegfried -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/