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Old 10-25-2005, 11:04 AM   #1
wantsri
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Problem withChanging DISPLAY environment variable to display on someone else's screen


Hello everyone,
I have two machines with IP addresses 192.168.0.1(M1) , 192.168.0.2(M2) .From M1 i ssh onto the M2 .Then i changed the DISPLAY env... Variable to 192.168.0.1:0.0 to display on M2 screen .But iam unable to display on M2 from M1.Plz help me to get through this.I can display on M1 screen,What i want is to display on M2 screen.

And also, i excuted "xhost +" Command on M2 machine to clients can connect from any host.
Thanks ,
Sri.

Last edited by wantsri; 10-25-2005 at 11:50 AM.
 
Old 10-25-2005, 11:14 AM   #2
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aking DISPLAY on m2 point to m1 (192.168.0.1:0.0) would make an app run on m2 but display on m1 not m2. what exactly are you trying to do?
 
  


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