Chris Grau wrote:
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:34:42AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> I'm having difficulties using X apps from the Fedora box on my Windows
> desktop. When I load Cygwin/X, start an SSH connected to the Fedora
box and
> type "xchat", I see "Cannot access display". I thought it might be a
firewall
> issue, so I disabled firewalls on both boxes but got no improvement. I
> thought it might be an X issue on Fedora, but when I boot the Windows
box
> using Knoppix, I can run X apps via SSH.
>
> So, does anyone know what tweak needs to be made to Cygwin/X to get
it to work
> with Fedora through SSH?
I find that, in Cygwin, I need to use the -X option when opening an ssh
session to my Fedora box. After that, X apps "just work."
-chris
file /etc/ssh_config as shipped in fedora has a line ForwardX11 "yes",
but in Cygwin installation there is no such line.
