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| ==== If you are connecting with ssh or PuTTY ==== | ==== If you are connecting with ssh or PuTTY ==== | ||
| - | Nothing special to do, if you are using [[other:ssh#using_an_x_server_to_display_graphics|"ssh -X" or "ssh -Y"]] or ''PuTTY'' to connect to a remote Linux server | + | Nothing special to do, if you are using [[other:ssh#using_an_x_server_to_display_graphics|"ssh -X" or "ssh -Y"]] or a [[other:putty_conf#changing_some_useful_settings|correctly configured PuTTY]] to connect to a remote Linux server |
| - | ==== If you are using WSL ==== | + | ==== If you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux ==== |
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| - | You need to know what you consider as the //Local machine//, and what is the //Remote server// | + | |
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| - | * **Local machine**: your local **Windows computer**, where you have installed [[other:win10wsl|WSL+Ubuntu]] | + | |
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| - | * **Remote server** : we consider 2 types of remote servers: | + | |
| - | * an **actual remote server** | + | |
| - | * The **WSL computer** running on a **virtual machine inside your local Windows computer**. This can be considered as a different and //remote// computer, even it is running on the local computer\\ You need your local //X server// to display graphics generated in WSL | + | |
| - | * **Define the ''DISPLAY'' variable** in the terminals used in WSL: | + | |
| - | * //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 | + | |
| + | In that special case, you will need the //X server// to display graphics [[other:x_conf#what_do_we_mean_exactly_with_local_and_remote_computers|from the local virtual machine and from remote computers]] | ||
| + | You have to make sure that the ''DISPLAY'' variable is correctly [[other:win10wsl#configuration_in_your_local_linux_account|defined in the terminals used in WSL]] | ||
| ===== Testing ===== | ===== Testing ===== | ||
other/x_conf.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/30 08:20 by jypeter
