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RE: $DISPLAY



Run "ssh -X"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Burns [mailto:fooberman@mail.utexas.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday 18 December 2002 18:55
> To: debian-user
> Subject: $DISPLAY
> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I dotn' think my $DISPLAY variable is set correctly.  I'm 
> trying to run 
> an X program on a remote computer through ssh.  It says:
> 
>  Cannot create window - please check your DISPLAY environment 
> variable.
> 
> So i checked the value of $DISPLAY and it is blank.  I'm not 
> sure what 
> to set it to.  I used to be able to do this on a previous Linux 
> installation (i think it was Mandrake 8) but it has never worked on 
> Debian Woody.  Thanks for any help,
> 
> Chris~
> 
> 
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