On Dec 17, 2007 3:20 PM, Clayton Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it at all possible to start a native windows application(GUI) via ssh > and have it actually appear on the windows box? > > No matter what app I run via ssh (firefox, notepad, etc) the process is > listed in the task manager, but is nowhere to be found on the screen. If > X were in use here, I'd just set the DISPLAY variable, but afaik windows > won't use a DISPLAY. > > Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
You need to install the cygwin ssh service with the "Interact with desktop" option enabled. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/