On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:40:15PM +0100, Chris Hodgins wrote: > On 4/17/05, Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I start an X server on my FreeBSD box. I want to run some remote X > > applications from my fedora core 2. > > So, I have ssh to the fedora box and typed gedit. > > But it says : > > (gedit:12438): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > > > After I had export DISPLAY=freebsdboxip:0.0 > > it says again: > > (gedit:12438): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > > > But I can run freebsd application from my fedora core 2. > > What is the problem? > > If you are using ssh anyway, you can tell ssh to do X11 forwarding. > Read the man page first as there is some slight security risks > involved depending on the way your machine is used. Try this: > > --------------- > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With versions of openssh newer than 3.8, you probably want -Y instead of -X. > Password: <enter password> > hostname$ xterm > ------------------- > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2
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