On May 12, 2005, at 15:29, John Harrold wrote: > I upgraded to Tiger recently and when I try to ssh to my linux box > using > either -Y or -X I cannot start any graphical applications. This worked > before in 10.3.9. I can start x11 applications locally, so X11.app is > running and working for the local machine. Can anyone offer any > hints on > how to get this working? > 1. Start X11.app - it should open up an xterm window (do not use terminal.app) 2. Verify DISPLAY is set: ozma:~ printenv DISPLAY :0.0 3. ssh to linux box: ozma:~ kent$ ssh -X www.host.com kent at my.host.com's password: 4. Verify DISPLAY is set: [kent at host kent]$ printenv DISPLAY localhost:10.0 5. Start an X application: [kent at fishbonemkt kent]$ xclock & [2] 1308 At this point an analog clock pops up on my screen. At what step does your configuration stop behaving like mine? - I am running Tiger - my.host.com is a system about 80 miles from me via the Internet. Kent Behrends BEHR Consulting International http://www.bci.com