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Ron Irving
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Re: DISPLAY problem

I did EXACTLY as you said. This shouldn't be this hard(?) It's just an X.

$ export DISPLAY=10.128.11.10:0.0
$ xclock
X connection to 10.128.11.10:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
$
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Torsten.
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Re: DISPLAY problem

Please forget about exporting DISPLAY var!

The app did this for you.

In a ssh tunnel it is NOT :0.0, but a different value.

Please do as advised.


- Start mobaxterm.

- ssh to the server.

- start the GUI (your X application)

Hope this helps!
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Ron Irving
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Re: DISPLAY problem

I've given up for the day and retired to my quarters, (such as they are,) but am continuing to THINK ABOUT IT!

I downloaded MobaXterm and it worked!!

Here's my issue: Are all the clients going to have to download MobaXterm to work? Or, is this merely for the installation gurus to do their thing?

Also, I downloaded, and ran it, but now it's gone the way of the dinasaur. Can't find it on my pc at all.

No luck with Putty. Is this REALLY supposed to be this hard?
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Torsten.
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Re: DISPLAY problem

The problem is, the graphical presentation on unix is totally different to windows or something.


You need an X server that draws the GUI.

This X server *must* be running on your PC. In this case it is mobaxterm (includes cygwin/X) or xming or something similar.

Now you connect to the server (you need a ssh running on your PC) and stat the application.

In easy words the application says: dear Xserver, please draw a window on the screen.

This information is transferred (via ssh tunnel) to the local X server running on your PC - you see this window.

Hope this helps!
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Ron Irving
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Re: DISPLAY problem

Ok. Here's what I'm thinking:

I downloaded mobaxterm, and xclock does what it's supposed to. However, I had to create a user on the UX server to exactly match my laptop user...password and all. When I connected using that user, all is well. If I connect as 'root', it doesn't work. I have created a 'root' user on my laptop, and will try that later today.

I've instructed the oracle gurus to create an 'oracle' user on their workstations to match the server. It's a bandaid, but as we have a presentation/demo to present on Tuesday, at least we'll look like we know what we're doing.

Any ideas?
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Torsten.
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Re: DISPLAY problem

Don't care about the user on the laptop. Just do

ssh root@server.ip

Hope this helps!
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Torsten.

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Ron Irving
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Re: DISPLAY problem

Thanks Torsten et al. Points all around!
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