> > [snip] > > Why does /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock still say "Error can't open display:"? > > That looks like an explicit unsetting of DISPLAY, i.e. somewhere, probably your > .profile/.bashrc/.bash_profile, has a "unset DISPLAY". > > Starting in Cygwin: > $ echo $DISPLAY > :0 > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # echo $DISPLAY > localhost:10.0 > > Notice that ssh created a pseudo display that will be used to tunnel the X > protocol back to your local X server.
I did ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -A -1 | xargs grep -n DISPLAY * echo $DISPLAY The only place DISPLAY occurred (in the output) was in the .bash_history file. Echo $DISPLAY gave a blank line only. Any other suggestions? Sieg -- 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/