On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Mike Chepesky wrote: > I have a problem relating to SSH and how it handles the creation of new > xterm windows. I have an account at my school, and I can log in via SSH > using "ssh -l login_name server_name". When in the labs on campus, there is > an X Windows environment, and when certain programs are run (e.g. Matlab, > emacs), another xterm window will be created. > > However, when I log in remotely using the above command, and run "matlab" or > "emacs", the system just seems to hang, not creating a new xterm window. I > looked around for a solution, and it seemed that it might be in the > /etc/ssh/ssh_config file. However, this is read-only and cannot be modified, > nor can the permissions be changed using chmod. Any suggestions? Did you try 'ssh -X' - and made sure the display is set correctly? something like: ssh -X -l login_name server_name echo $DISPLAY #for eg: 'localhost:11.0' xterm Satish
