question about DISPLAY variable

chucker8 · 27-Apr-2006, 11:32 AM #1

From my desktop, I launch a terminal window.

I connect to ServerA (SLES 9) which has gnome as DE.

ssh -X root@ServerA

I type:
# echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0

However, I connect in same way to Server B (SLES 9) which has no GUI

ssh -X root@ServerB

# echo $DISPLAY

Why is no display being set on Server B?
thanks!

dpak · 27-Apr-2006, 01:07 PM #2

I'm pretty sure the DISPLAY variable gets set when X starts, which is why it wouldn't be set on the server with no GUI. You can try these methods of manually setting the variable in your shell login script...

http://www.asu.edu/it/fyi/dst/helpdo...splay_var.html
http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/compsys/...t/setdisp.html

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