SSH cannot display

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Stephen Speicher

I have always used Linux on my home machine to ssh to
my university machine and then to display various graphical
outputs from the university onto my home machine. I have now
setup Windows XP as a dual boot and I downloaded a windows
program called "PuTTY" to ssh under XP to the university
machine.

I can log onto the university machine just fine, but when I try
to display graphics I get the message "Can't open display." I
even set the environmental variable on the university machine
to my IP number, but it still cannot open the display. Are there
some settings somewhere that I am overlooking?

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Stephen said:
I have always used Linux on my home machine to ssh to
my university machine and then to display various graphical
outputs from the university onto my home machine. I have now
setup Windows XP as a dual boot and I downloaded a windows
program called "PuTTY" to ssh under XP to the university
machine.

I can log onto the university machine just fine, but when I try
to display graphics I get the message "Can't open display." I
even set the environmental variable on the university machine
to my IP number, but it still cannot open the display. Are there
some settings somewhere that I am overlooking?
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Yeah, you need to setup a native X server on XP to do the remote display.
Putty is a text-only app. You can try cygwin.
 
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