How to show zenity pop up box on remote system

unclesamcrazy · 06-12-2013, 03:08 AM

I want to show the zenity pop up box on remote system.
I can connect the system through ssh, now I am on command prompt of other system.
if I run zenity command here, it does not show the pop up box on remote computer instead it shows info-box on my computer.
I have connected to remote computer using

Code:

ssh -X 192.168.1.10

Now I am on command prompt of other system.
now if I run

Code:

zenity --info --text="Come here"

It shows the info-box on my system although I am executing the command on remote's command prompt.

Please suggest me to display the pop up on remote host.

Thanks

evo2 · 06-12-2013, 03:13 AM

Hi,

did you set your DISPLAY environment variable?
eg

Code:

ssh 192.168.1.10
DISPLAY=:0 zenity --info --text="Come here"

Evo2.

unclesamcrazy · 06-12-2013, 06:19 AM

Thanks evo2 for your answer.
But we are executing DISPLAY=:0 on remote host, doesn't it mean we are setting it on remote host?
and second, I used ssh -X, so i am setting display using this then why didn't it open the pop up on remote host.
Can you please explain?
Thanks for your help.

evo2 · 06-12-2013, 05:48 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by unclesamcrazy

But we are executing DISPLAY=:0 on remote host, doesn't it mean we are setting it on remote host?

Yes...

Quote:

and second, I used ssh -X, so i am setting display using this then why didn't it open the pop up on remote host.

Using -X will enable x11 forwarding so that an x11 client from the remote host can be shown on the local x11 server. Your first post indicates that you want the remote client to display on the remote server.

Evo2.

marthagibs · 06-12-2013, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

Yes...

Using -X will enable x11 forwarding so that an x11 client from the remote host can be shown on the local plr x11 server. Your first post indicates that you want the remote client to display on the remote server.

Evo2.

Thank you very much for the answers. Really appreciate it. Your answers helped me too!

unclesamcrazy · 06-13-2013, 02:07 AM

@evo2
Thanks for your help