-- Chris Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 05:37 AM -0600): > I dotn' think my $DISPLAY variable is set correctly. I'm trying to run > an X program on a remote computer through ssh. It says: > > Cannot create window - please check your DISPLAY environment variable. > > So i checked the value of $DISPLAY and it is blank. I'm not sure what > to set it to. I used to be able to do this on a previous Linux > installation (i think it was Mandrake 8) but it has never worked on > Debian Woody. Thanks for any help, And one other thing to check (in addition to the X11Forwarding) is whether or not you're trying to ssh via a login shell or a regular term console; if you're using a login shell, your $DISPLAY won't be set on the client machine anyways.
In the terminal from which you'll be initiating your ssh session, check and see if $DISPLAY is set; if not, open a non-login shell and try it again. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
