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
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