Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin

Suhaib Siddiqi ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
Thu Dec 27 12:24:00 GMT 2001


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Arnstein [ mailto:arnstein@panix.com ]
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:21 PM
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin
> 
> > Did you set DISPLAY on remote machine to display on your local
> machine?
> 
> Yes.  As I stated in my original post, I am able to connect when I use
> a different X server.  Therefore, the remote client must be configured
> correctly.
> --
> David Arnstein
> arnstein@pobox.com


How about from xterm telnet to remote machine then try

export DISPLAY=<ip address of your windows machine where xfree is runing>

And see if you can display



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