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--- other:x_conf [2022/08/08 15:03] – [Installing x410] jypeter
+++ other:x_conf [2022/08/08 15:20] – [Testing] jypeter
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 ===== Using an X server on Linux =====
-Linux computers come pre-configured with a running X server (because they need it for displaying local graphics) that will display the graphics generated locally and on remote Linux servers. **You don't need to do anything special!**
+Linux computers come pre-configured with a running //X server// that will display the graphics generated locally and on remote Linux servers
+**You don't need to do anything special!**
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 Type: <wrap em>free</wrap>
-Download the installer from [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/|VcXrsv]] and install VcXsrv.
+Download the installer from [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/|VcXrsv]] and install ''VcXsrv''.
 === VcXsrv Configuration ===
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 You need to configure ''VcXsrv'' to work in //multiple windows// mode. The following steps will show you how to create a shortcut on your desktop to start VcXsrv in this appropriate mode
-  * Start the configuration tool: ''Start'' => ''VcXsrv'' => ''Xlaunch''
+  * Start the //configuration tool//: ''Start'' => ''VcXsrv'' => ''Xlaunch''
   * Select ''Multiple windows'', then ''Next''
   * Select ''Start no client'', then ''Next''
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   * Click on ''Save configuration'' and save an ''X_Server.xlaunch'' configuration file on your Desktop, then ''Terminate''.\\ You should now have a new ''X_Server'' icon/shortcut on your Desktop
   * Start the server by double-clicking on the new ''X_Server'' icon
-    * It will seem that nothing happens, but an ''X'' icon appears in the right side of the taskbar (you may have to look for it in the //Display hidden icons// pull-up menu). Your computer is now ready to display remote graphics!\\ {{ :other:vcxsrv_x.png?direct |}}
+    * It will seem that nothing happens, but an ''X'' icon will appear in the right side of the taskbar (you may have to look for it in the //Display hidden icons// pull-up menu). Your computer is now ready to display remote graphics!\\ {{ :other:vcxsrv_x.png?direct |}}
     * The X server will stop when you close your Windows session or restart the computer. Do not forget to click on the ''X_Server'' icon on your desktop if you know that you will need an X server later
       * FIXME Document how to automatically start the X server...
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 ==== If you are connecting with ssh ====
-Nothing special to do!
+Nothing special to do if you are using [[other:ssh#using_an_x_server_to_display_graphics|"ssh -X" or "ssh -Y"]]
 ==== If you are using WSL ====
-If you have installed [[other:win10wsl|WSL+Ubuntu]] on your local machine, and you need your X server to display graphics generated in WSL, you need to define the DISPLAY variable: ''export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0''
+If you have installed [[other:win10wsl|WSL+Ubuntu]] on your local machine, and you need your //X server// to display local graphics generated in WSL, you need to **define the ''DISPLAY'' variable** in your terminal:
+  * //bash// shell: ''export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0''
+  * //tcsh// shell: ''setenv DISPLAY localhost:0.0''
+  * You probably want to define the ''DISPLAY'' variable automatically in one of the shell configuration files
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   * Open a terminal and check that the ''DISPLAY'' environment variable is correctly defined on the local machine
   * Connect to the remote machine
-  * Check that a (new) ''DISPLAY'' variable is defined on the remote machine
+  * Check that a (new) ''DISPLAY'' variable is automatically defined on the remote machine
   * Check that you can start an application using graphics (e.g. ''xterm'') on the remote machine