--- "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:55:08 -0800 (PST) > begin Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > > I've got 2 boxes networked together with a patch cable. I can SSH > back > > & forth between them without a single problem. > > However, if i try to run an X app while SSH'ed into either, the > > resulting behavior is very very weird: > > 1) Some applications refuse to run altogether with the error "Error: > > Can't open display:". Netscape is one of them. Others do run, > however, > > this leads to the 2nd bit of weirdness > > 2) They appear on the monitor of the box where they are running (the > box > > I'm SSH'd into) rather than the box where the ssh client is running. > > > > > I've never seen such strange behavior before, and i've worked with > > similar setups. Anyone have any ideas? > > Check to make sure SSH has set your DISPLAY variable. It will usually > be > 10:0 or 11:0. If it's 0:0, you'll be opening the screen on the other > system. > > You may need to tweak /etc/ssh/sshd_config and /etc/ssh/ssh_config
Do you happen to know the syntax for this? I'm looking at both files and not seeing any variable for DISPLAY. > > And why do you have access controls turned off in these systems > anyway? Could elaborate on what you mean? ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
