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Displaying locally a window generated on a remote computer

The X Window graphic system used by Linux allows to see on the local computer graphic windows generated by a program running on a remote computer.

On the local computer, type:

xhost +



On the remote computer, type:

setenv DISPLAY localname:0


or

export DISPLAY=localname:0


if the shell is 'bash'

Replace localname by the name of local computer. If you do not know it, type the following on the localcomputer:

uname -n



By - Sanju, On - 2009-11-20




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