[plug] problem with xhost and $DISPLAY

[David Buddrige]

Thanks Nigel,

that seems to have worked. 8-)


thanx heaps

David. 8-)
On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 20:54 +0800, Nigel Duff wrote:

> Hi David,
>    
> On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 08:33:09PM +0800, David Buddrige wrote:
> 
> <snip details for using xhost and setting the DISPLAY variable>
> 
> This doesn't answer your question directly but this is the way I
> usually do X11 forwarding. 
> 
> Set "X11Forwarding yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (or comparable
> file on your distro) on the server.
> 
> Then from the machine I want the program to display on (your
> laptop) use ssh with X11 forwarding. ie;
> 
> ssh -X user at my-server-ip
> 
> After you are asked for your password just run the program you
> want. I just did it on my home network and when I ran evolution
> it popped up the setup sequence for evolution.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Nigel
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