"Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> writes:
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>"Joe Beasley" <jbeasley@somwhere.com> wrote in message
>news
Bvsj.10893$J41.7998@newssvr14.news.prodigy. net...
>> Start cygwin. A command prompt opens. Type 'startx'. (without the '')
>> Another command prompt opens. This is the X based one. The ssh to your
>> debian box.
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>I get this far without any problem...
>
>> Type 'xeyes'. Should open on your windows machine.
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>...at this point $DISPLAY is empty.
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> steve:~$xeyes
> Error: Can't open display:
Looks to me like X forwarding is not working. Note that X forwarding
has to be enabled both on the client and on the server.
- anton
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