Re: single linux box on dsl?

From: Satish Balay (balay_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 05/14/04

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    Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:14:08 -0500 (CDT)
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    On Thu, 13 May 2004, Jeff Vian wrote:

    > I have done some trying to get X forwarding running via ssh.
    >
    > I use cygwin to log in from my work pc via ssh to my linux box but as
    > yet have been unable to get the X forwarding to cooperate even after
    > trying all the steps listed on the various sites I found with google.
    > There is no firewall at issue here. I must be missing something subtle,
    > but am at a loss as to what.
    >
    > Can you provide any pointers/instructions on how you made this work
    > properly.

    # startup the X server
    bash# startxwin.sh

    # make sure display is set correctly - or use the xterm that startxwin.sh started
    (xterm)# ssh -X remotemachine xterm

    Looks like cygwin is setup to use '127.0.0.1:0' by default instead of ':0'

    Satish 

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