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other:x_conf [2022/08/08 13:05] jypeter [Installing VcXsrv] |
other:x_conf [2022/08/08 13:24] jypeter [On a Windows computer with PuTTY and an X server installed] |
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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 | ||
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| * Open a terminal and check that the ''DISPLAY'' environment variable is correctly defined on the local machine | * Open a terminal and check that the ''DISPLAY'' environment variable is correctly defined on the local machine | ||
| * Connect to the remote 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 | * Check that you can start an application using graphics (e.g. ''xterm'') on the remote machine | ||
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| ==== On a Windows computer with PuTTY and an X server installed ==== | ==== On a Windows computer with PuTTY and an X server installed ==== | ||
| - | We assume here that [[other:putty_conf|PuTTY is already installed and configured]] | + | We assume here that [[other:putty_conf|PuTTY is already installed and configured]] and **correctly** configured (with ''Enable X11 forwarding'') |
| - | We just have to open a pre-configured //Session// on a remote server | + | We just have to open a pre-configured //PuTTY Session// on a remote server |
| <code>[Remote] $ hostname | <code>[Remote] $ hostname | ||
| name_of_the_remote_server | name_of_the_remote_server | ||
other/x_conf.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/30 08:20 by jypeter
