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Richard Kettlewell  
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 More options Mar 9 2012, 12:12 pm
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x
From: Richard Kettlewell <r...@greenend.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:12:10 +0000
Local: Fri, Mar 9 2012 12:12 pm
Subject: Re: Error: no display specified
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Aragorn <stry...@telenet.be.invalid> writes:
> On Friday 09 March 2012 11:25, T. vor der Brück conveyed the following
> to comp.os.linux.x...

>> Hi, together,

>> I make a remote login and try to start an x application I always get
>> the error message:
>> Error: no display specified

>> [...]

> You have to export the DISPLAY variable on the remote machine so that it
> points to your local machine's DISPLAY, and you must do this _before_
> attempting to run a remote X application.  

> For instance...

>     export DISPLAY=192.168.0.1:0.0
>                    ----------- - -
>                          |     | |_ port on the local video adapter
>                          |     |___ local video adapter
>                          |_________ local IP address or hostname

> Hope this helps. ;-)

He's trying to use X11 forwarding, which does not in general need anyone
to mess around with DISPLAY variables.

--
http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/


 
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