Remote open X application

[Welson Sun]

Here is the result:
1. Start Cygwin/X
DISPLAY = 127.0.0.1:0.0

2. ssh -X Remote Host
DISPLAY = My router's external address


-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]
On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:31 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Remote open X application

Welson,

Welson Sun wrote:

> Thanks Harold.
> 
> At first, I just followed the link you provided, but got the error as 
> stated in my previous email. Then I add the "xhost + ... " command 
> before doing ssh, and it worked for my Linux machines.
> 
> So, I think it might be that other Linux machines are not correctly 
> set up, especially for X tunnelling. I am not expert on this, I need 
> to talk with my system administrator.

Run the following when you login to one of your remote machines and tell me
if the value of DISPLAY is equal to your Window machine's address or your
Linux machine's address:

set | grep DISPLAY

Harold