Re: SSH Display Problem

From: Satish Balay (balay_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 02/03/04

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    On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Mike Chepesky wrote:

    > I have a problem relating to SSH and how it handles the creation of new
    > xterm windows. I have an account at my school, and I can log in via SSH
    > using "ssh -l login_name server_name". When in the labs on campus, there is
    > an X Windows environment, and when certain programs are run (e.g. Matlab,
    > emacs), another xterm window will be created.
    >
    > However, when I log in remotely using the above command, and run "matlab" or
    > "emacs", the system just seems to hang, not creating a new xterm window. I
    > looked around for a solution, and it seemed that it might be in the
    > /etc/ssh/ssh_config file. However, this is read-only and cannot be modified,
    > nor can the permissions be changed using chmod. Any suggestions?

    Did you try 'ssh -X' - and made sure the display is set correctly?
    something like:

    ssh -X -l login_name server_name
    echo $DISPLAY #for eg: 'localhost:11.0'
    xterm

    Satish

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