On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 18:01 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 17:39, Margaret Doll wrote: > > > > > #X11Forwarding no > > X11Forwarding yes > > #X11DisplayOffset 10 > > > > in /etc/ssh/sshd_config > > > > I have the systems names in each of the computers' /etc/hosts files. > > > > My session is > > > > xhost computer1 > > ssh myaccount/computer1 > > > > login procedure > > > > export DISPLAY=computer2:0 > > > > acroread > > > > Error: Can't open DISPLAY: computer2:0 > > > Did you issue the export DISPLAY command? > > ssh should do this for you automatically. After you ssh to the system > do an echo $DISPLAY to look at what is currently set. > > You should most likely see something like: localhost:10.0 > > If you don't see that then try: > > ssh -X computer1 > > and try the echo $DISPLAY again. > > I think the problem is that you are setting the DISPLAY variable wrong. This is probaly the same problem I had after an FC3 update. Use : ssh -Y computer1
