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On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:20:46 AM CEST Dan Egli wrote: |
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> Okay, this is I HOPE a simple enough question. I have a virtual server |
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> running on my Win10 Host (not my ideal O/S!) that has a full X |
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> environment on it. I usually connect via Putty(ssh) using VirtualBox's |
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> Host Only network. That's great for text, but how do I set things up so |
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> that I can run X programs on the virtual box and have them show on my |
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> Win host? I have an implimentation of X for Windows (Xming)running, and |
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> I set putty to forward X connections, but when I try something as silly |
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> as xeyes, it fails. I've notice that the DISPLAY environment isn't being |
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> set, but setting it myself doesn't seem to help. The Virtual Server's IP |
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> is 192.168.56.25 and the Host automatically gets .1, so I tried setting |
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> DISPLAY=129.168.56.1:0 and it doesn't work. I get a message "No protocol |
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> specified" followed by the error "Error: Can't open display: |
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> 192.168.56.1:0.0" |
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> Putty is set to forward X connections, and uses the same destination. |
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> What am I doing wrong? |
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http://www.geo.mtu.edu/geoschem/docs/putty_install.html |
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