Can't use mintty instead of rxvt for ssh -Y using cygwin xserver

[reckoner]

Thanks for your reply.

Evidently, there is some subtle difference in how the DISPLAY variable, 
which is set in the user startup files is processed by rxvt as opposed 
to mintty.

Ultimately, although the DISPLAY variable is clearly set in the user 
startup files, I additionally had to set it higher up in the startup 
process in /etc/profile in order to get it to work with mintty.

Thanks again for all your help.

On 10/8/2010 10:39 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 10:10:28AM -0700, Reckoner wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm starting my xserver using
>>
>>   C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /usr/X11R6/bin XWin -multiwindow
>> -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>>
>> and then I do:
>>
>>   C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh
>>
>> when I do
>>
>>   % ssh -Y host@remote.edu
>>
>> I can successfully open remote x-windows.
>>
>> However,
>>
>> If I use mintty 0.91 instead of rxvt as shown below:
>>
>>   C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh
>>
>> when I do
>>
>>   % ssh -Y host@remote.edu
>>
>> I *cannot* successfully open remote x-windows.
>>
>> Note that changing the shell from zsh to bash doesn't help at all.
>>
>> Any advice appreciated.
>>
>> The appropriate log files are attached.
>
> According to your cygcheck output, you don't have a DISPLAY environment
> variable set.  Does performing an "export DISPLAY=:0" before using ssh
> help?
>
> cgf
>
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