On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 10:10:28AM -0700, Reckoner wrote: >Hi, > >I'm starting my xserver using > > C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /usr/X11R6/bin XWin -multiwindow >-clipboard -silent-dup-error > >and then I do: > > C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh > >when I do > > % ssh -Y h...@remote.edu > >I can successfully open remote x-windows. > >However, > >If I use mintty 0.91 instead of rxvt as shown below: > > C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh > >when I do > > % ssh -Y h...@remote.edu > >I *cannot* successfully open remote x-windows. > >Note that changing the shell from zsh to bash doesn't help at all. > >Any advice appreciated. > >The appropriate log files are attached.
According to your cygcheck output, you don't have a DISPLAY environment variable set. Does performing an "export DISPLAY=:0" before using ssh help? cgf -- 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/