[CONT] Xlib: No protocol specified (connection refused by server)

[Harold Hunt]

Yeah, I don't get it either... this is documented in the Cygwin/XFree86
User's Guide:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-apps-s
sh

Did you follow the instructions there?  Is there some sort of problem where
DISPLAY isn't getting set automatically by ssh?

Try following the instructions in the User's Guide exactly and report your
results to the list.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Benjamin Riefenstahl
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 1:28 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: [CONT] Xlib: No protocol specified (connection refused by
> server)
>
>
> Hi Wout,
>
>
> > Using " ssh -X -l wout 10.0.0.2 " on a suse linux 7.1 host
>
> You mean you are connecting *from* your W2K box *to* your Linux host?
> Otherwise I don't understand.
>
> > wout@sapwas:~ > xterm -display 10.0.0.4:0
>
> That's wrong, you shouldn't add the "-display" option.  You need to
> have the DISPLAY variable set on your W2K system before you call ssh.
> In your ssh-session the DISPLAY variable should than be set
> automatically by ssh.  It should say something like "10.0.0.2:10",
> check with "echo $DISPLAY".  Than you can just call xterm without the
> "-display" option and it should work.  If your DISPLAY variable is not
> set automatically in this way, something is wrong.  You can use the
> "-v" option with ssh to get more information about the error.
>
>
> so long, benny
>