Re: Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box
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 pgpWXZ9suaRZj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box
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? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box
Soheil Hassas Yeganeh 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? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try 'xhost +' on your FreeBSD box, then ssh to your FC2 box. Does that help? Rich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box
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] 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]
