On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 13:10, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 22:48, Linux wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 20:44, Linux wrote: > > > > > > I have got the Cygwin panel to work. I can SSH into the server. When I try > > > to startx it wont start. I think there is something in the xinitrc file I > > > need to edit. Any help much appreciated. > > > > If you want to run an X session over ssh, you don't need to 'startx'. > > That command normally starts an X server on a local console... > > > > Just run something like 'sh .xinitrc' > > > > Thanks Gordon > > > > Here is the xinitrc file where do I add in the address of the xserver > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > Normally you wouldn't... Is the DISPLAY variable set when you SSH to the > server? If not, make sure your SSH client is set up to forward X11 > traffic. Once the SSH client is configured to forward X11 traffic, the > DISPLAY variable should be set to something like "localhost:10.0" when > you log in. There is also a server config entry that affects this. look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for openssh server there are a couple of lines that affect the X11 forwarding behavior:
X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10 HTH BRET _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
