Conrad McGarry updated July 16, 2014 at 12:38 PM

Questions Addressed

• What do I do if X11 can't connect to the display What do I do if X11 can't connect to the display

Determine local display

1. Open your working X11 window and make sure you are within your local local machine.

2. Type in the command

   ps -ef |grep X11

   and press return

   
   

3. Look for /usr/X11/bin/X :'number'
4. The number after the colon is the display.
   
   

Set the display

CSH/TCSH

1. In the window from which you will SSH type

   sentenv DISPLAY :'number'

• Replace number with the display determined above. Apostrophes are not to be included.

Bash

1. In the window from which you will SSH type export DISPLAY='number'

• Replace number number with the display determined above. Apostrophes are not to be included.

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