Can't open display -- SOLVED

[James Kaufman]

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:11:14AM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 16:00 -0500, Wojciech Komornicki wrote:
> > Your suggestion works to run an application using ssh, i.e., the
> > following works from dark.unix
> >      ssh -X light.unix app-name
> 
> Good!
> 
> > However, I cannot log into light.unix and then run an application which
> > opens up on dark.unix
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by this.
> 
> Are you saying that the reverse process doesn't work, i.e. from
> light.unix, "ssh -X dark.unix app-name" does not work?
> 
> Or do you mean that you're trying to start an app on dark.unix from
> light.unix, with the intention that it displays on dark.unix's display?
> (why?)
> 
> Paul.
> -- 
> Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>
> 

He is saying that when he is on dark.unix and logs into light.unix (ssh -X
light.unix), he can't run an application on light.unix and have it display on
dark.unix.

Note that logging in and then running an application is different from doing it
all at once like his example.

[this works]
ssh -X light.unix app-name

[this doesn't work]
ssh -X light.unix
app-name

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Jim Kaufman
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