ssh -x

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Holger Krull wrote:
> Marco Meoni schrieb:
>> hi, I'm new with cygwin. I've mainly installed it to connect to a linux
>> server running GUI applications. In fact, I've read that with X11
>> forwarding (ssh -X) I can run remote applications and display the GUI
>> on my pc running cygwin.
>> 
>> Unfortunately I get errors like "can't open display". Does anybody know
>> what do I have to setup before? (i guess start X11 server on my local
>> pc)
> 
> Your guess is right. You have to start a local X11 server (startx). And
> set DISPLAY before you start ssh. 

Setting DISPLAY is not necessary with 'ssh -X' or 'ssh -Y'.  More than that,
setting DISPLAY will likely cause the X forwarding to not work as expected.
For more info, read the "X11 FORWARDING" section of the 'ssh' man page.

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