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Re: Putty, Chroot32 and remote x question



On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:41:25PM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> I want to run Debian AMD-64 OpenOffice Writer (in a chroot 32 environment) on my W2K computer, using Putty. the Cygwin XServer and ssh-port forwarding.
> 
> I can run all 64 bit X progs but for some reason I cannot run 32 bit chrooted applications. Is this possible at all and what extras do I have to do to make it work? 

When you chroot, you probably loose your DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY stuff.
Is your /tmp bind mounted into the chroot?  Do you carry through all env
variables when you chroot?

Len Sorensen



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