Displaying locally a window generated on a remote computer
by Sanju[ Edit ] 2009-11-20 18:46:39
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
