[ale] Remote X

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Sun May 2 16:01:04 EDT 2004


David Corbin wrote:
> On Sunday 02 May 2004 08:10, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>David Corbin wrote:
>>
>>>I'm sorry I left out information.  I'm using ssh to run a remote script
>>>(restart.sh).  In that script, I set the DISPLAY variable as mentioned
>>>below.
>>
>>When using ssh, you should not set the DISPLAY var, ssh will do that for
>>you.  Use the -X option.
> 
> 
> It will set the DISPLAY variable for the screen "in front of me".  Not the 
> screen I want the the app to show on.

Okay, I missed part of the thread.  So, you want to ssh to machine A 
from machine B and start an app. on machine A and have it display on A?

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