Ok, I am pretty new to this so maybe I am a bit slow but I just don't get it.
Say I want to start X on a local box I first use ssh to connect once connected
I just run the command:

export DISPLAY=my_box_ip:0

when I do this nothing happens

Steve




On 15-Mar-2000 Charles Galpin wrote:
> or just use ssh, and DISPLAY is setup for you automagically. Safer too.
> 
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Cokey de Percin wrote:
>> > 
>> > Normally, this information is lost when you disconnect. However, you can
>> > setup a special user, say "nt_user", with a .login file which will reset
>> > the display each time you connect again by saying :
>> > 
>> > setenv DISPLAY my_nt_machine_ip:0
>> > 
>> > if you are using tcsh
>> > 
>> > or
>> > 
>> > export DISPLAY=my_nt_machine_ip:0
>> > 
>> > if using bash.
> 
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