X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,TW_RX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4CAFB44F.1010203@bopp.net> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:16:15 -0500 From: Jeremy Bopp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.12) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Can't use mintty instead of rxvt for remote ssh -Y and xserver? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 10/08/2010 12:07 PM, Reckoner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm starting my xserver using > > C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /usr/X11R6/bin XWin -multiwindow > -clipboard -silent-dup-error > > and then I do: > > C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh > > when I do > > % ssh -Y host@remote.edu > > I can successfully open remote x-windows. > > However, > > If I use mintty 0.91 instead of rxvt as shown below: > > C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/zsh > > when I do > > % ssh -Y host@remote.edu > > I *cannot* successfully open remote x-windows. > > Note that changing the shell from zsh to bash doesn't help at all. > > Any advice appreciated. I don't have a Cygwin environment in front of me at the moment to check this myself. Before running the ssh command under each terminal, what is the value of the DISPLAY environment variable? I have a feeling that it might not be set for you by mintty while it may be set by rxvt. -Jeremy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple