Cygwin/X - cannot display

[Chris Grau]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:34:42AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> I'm having difficulties using X apps from the Fedora box on my Windows
> desktop.  When I load Cygwin/X, start an SSH connected to the Fedora box and
> type "xchat", I see "Cannot access display".  I thought it might be a firewall
> issue, so I disabled firewalls on both boxes but got no improvement.  I
> thought it might be an X issue on Fedora, but when I boot the Windows box
> using Knoppix, I can run X apps via SSH.  
> 
> So, does anyone know what tweak needs to be made to Cygwin/X to get it to work
> with Fedora through SSH?

I find that, in Cygwin, I need to use the -X option when opening an ssh
session to my Fedora box.  After that, X apps "just work."

-chris
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