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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:16:15 -0500
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Subject: Re: Can't use mintty instead of rxvt for remote ssh -Y and xserver?
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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 AT remote DOT 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 AT remote DOT 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

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