Xt error:can't open display;ssh not passing $DISPLAY

[John Curran Jr]

> [Original Message]
> From: Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu>
> To: <jppcurran@earthlink.net>
> Cc: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
 > Date: 7/18/02 4:59:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Xt error:can't open display;ssh not passing $DISPLAY
>
> John Curran Jr wrote:
> > Several postings have suggested using secure ssh to display remote
clients,
> > and that ssh should handle details such as passing  the $DISPLAY value. 
> > I'm using cygwin version 1.3.11 under Win98(v. 2).  I'm starting my
server
> > with startxwin.sh, the first line of which is  "export
> > DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0".  That value is there when I echo at the local
shell
> > in X11.  My ssh_config file is set to allow X11Forwarding.  I'm using
ssh
> > to reach a remote unix system.  I can log in but I can't display remote
> > clients; e.g., I type "xterm &" and get the message "xterm Xt error:
cannot
> > open display: ".  And, the variable DISPLAY is empty on the remote
system. 
> > Am I missing something obvious?
> >  
> > Below are  cygcheck.out, ssh_config, and startxwin.sh.
> 
> John,
> 
> Didn't you think for a moment that something of infinitly more 
> importance than the contents of various config files would be the actual 
> command line that you are using for ssh?

If knew I what I was doing wrong :-)

> 
> Post the command line that you use to ssh to your remote machine.  You 
> do know that you have to run ssh from within an xterm in your 
> Cygwin/XFree86 X server, right?
> 
> Harold
> 
> 

I am running ssh within an xterm in my Cygwin/XFree86 X server; I have
tried command lines "ssh -X -l username ip_address", and "ssh -l username
ip_address",
the behavior is identical.

--- John Curran
--- jppcurran@earthlink.net