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other:x_conf [2022/08/08 13:05] jypeter [Installing VcXsrv] |
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| ===== Using an X server on Linux ===== | ===== 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 |
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| + | **You don't need to do anything special!** | ||
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| ==== If you are connecting with ssh ==== | ==== 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 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 | ||
other/x_conf.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/30 08:20 by jypeter
