Geert Hendrickx wrote:

>
>
> >From the dialin box, and where the $DISPLAY variable is set to your LOCAL
> display (should be ok if you just start an xterm).  ssh -X will then set
> $DISPLAY on the remote host to a "virtual" display (usually :10 or higher),
> so that X windows will appear on your local display (tunneled through ssh).
>
> GH

duey is dial in box,
su is at work,
DISPLAY on su was not auto set.
tried everything:

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duey% ssh -X su
pts@su's password:
Last login: Thu Feb 24 21:00:52 2005 from ccf-dialin-cl253
NetBSD 1.6.2 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Oct 6 15:02:44 EST 2004

Welcome to NetBSD!

Terminal type is xterm.
su% $DISPLAY
DISPLAY: Undefined variable.
su% e
[1] 25567
su% Error: Can't open display:

[1]    Exit 1                        xedit
su% setenv DISPLAY 134.178.63.253
su% e
[1] 25568
su% Error: Can't open display: 134.178.63.253

[1]    Exit 1                        xedit
su% setenv DISPLAY 134.178.63.253:0.0
su% e
[1] 25569
su% Error: Can't open display: 134.178.63.253:0.0

[1]    Exit 1                        xedit
su% setenv DISPLAY 134.178.63.253:0
su% e
[1] 25570
su% Error: Can't open display: 134.178.63.253:0

[1]    Exit 1                        xedit
su% setenv DISPLAY 134.178.63.253:10
su% e
[1] 25575
su% Error: Can't open display: 134.178.63.253:10

[1]    Exit 1                        xedit
su%


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chs,
P.



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Paul
Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
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