display

[Scot L. Harris]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 15:09, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> brouwers roland lx wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Ben,
> > Thank you for your answer.
> > I am not using windows. I am starting putty on the Linux-Centos-desktop
> > of a Ltsp installation. I connect to my database, running on application
> > that wants to display pictures, belonging to some data. When I do a
> > system I get out of my application to the Linux shell, running display
> > and going back to may application, after the display.
> > 
> > AS x-window is not my thing, I do not understand how to switch to a
> > window where Linux can execute the display-command. Because if you open
> > a standard-terminal-window on the desktop, this command works.
> > 
> > Roland
> > 
> > 
> > 
> You need to enable X11 forwarding in PuTTY. As long as the SSH
> server on the other end allows X11 forwarding, then DISPLAY will
> be set properly, and you will get a windows on your local desktop.
> 

Don't forget to have an xserver running on the windows box such as
Exceed or cygwin.