On Dec 13, 2007 6:25 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mirko Vukovic wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have cygwin installed as a server on my desktop. I can log into it > > from my linux box using ssh, but I cannot open displays on the linux > > box. > > > > By that I mean that if I login in using ssh, and invoke a command that > > should open a window (like gnuplot), it opens the plot on the server, > > and not on the client. > > > > Here is my setup (the cygwin distribution is a few days old). > > > > On the desktop (server), > > > > - I have ran ssh-host-config and set CYGWIN=ntsec server. I said yes > > to privilege separation, and I have an sshd user in /etc/passwd > > - I have set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 in .bash_profile > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Don't do this. > > > On my linux box (client), I have an ~/.ssh/config file with the lines > > in the section refering to the server: "ForwardX11 yes" and > > "ForwardX11Trusted yes" > > > > I can login to the server from both the linux box and my laptop (where > > I also have cygwin), and can run unison (which requires ssh). > > > > I read the various doc's and searched mails (does not mean I > > understood everything), which resulted in the above setup. I am > > including the output of cygcheck. > > > > Any suggestions as to what I may have missed, or what server/client > > setting I can look at? > > See above. > > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 >
Thanks Larry, but ... I am confused with the discussion in the this post: http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-10/msg00071.html. Those guys specifically tell to have DISPLAY defined before an ssh login. When I did the ssh login and tried gnuplot on the remote machine I received an error: unable to open display ''. Can you please clarify: I have a remote machine and a local machine. Which of them, if any should have DISPLAY set or not set before I attempt to login and open an X-window? Naively, I am assuming that each machine should have a DISPLAY set, for the simple reason that when I am physically at that machine, I need display in order to open x-windows. Another data point: I have a linux box. If I login from cygwin via ssh to the linux box (having DISPLAY already set on the cygwin side), I can run applications on the linux box that do open new x-windows on my cygwin machine. Thank you, Mirko -- 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/
