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other:x_conf [2022/08/08 13:12] jypeter [If you are connecting with ssh] Improved |
other:x_conf [2022/08/08 13:24] jypeter [On a Windows computer with PuTTY and an X server installed] |
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==== 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 |