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Subject: UPDATE: Why I can't 'ssh -fCXY /usr/bin/gnome-terminal' ? Grrrrr....
The STUPID terminal is starting in the local box, so now the question is:
why is it ignoring the DISPLAY variable?
Grrrrrrr...
ET

writes:

> Hello all:
> This is so freaking odd that I'll explain it with a series of commands:
>
> There are 2 computers involved, linuxbox (Mint Tara) and wincrap (Win 7).
>
> In linuxbox I type:
>
> etroconis@ETROCONIS02-DT:~$
> ssh -fCXY localhost xclock
>
> And I get my banana (xclock starts)
>
> Then
>
> etroconis@ETROCONIS02-DT:~$
> ssh -fCXY localhost gnome-terminal
>
> and (AMAZINGLY!!!!) I get another terminal window.
> So far so good.
> Linux is B-O-R-I-N-G...
>
> Now we move to a cygwin shell in wincrap and I type:
>
> etroconis@ETROCONIS-DT:~ $
> DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis@ETROCONIS02-DT xclock
>
> And (voila), predictably and reliably I again get my banana-clock,
> so FINAL ACT:
>
> etroconis@ETROCONIS-DT:~ $
> DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis@ETROCONIS02-DT /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
>
> But nope...    8(
> My terminal never starts in the WinCrap box!  

>
> So, In summary:
> Please look at the 2 lines together (can you tell the difference?)
> DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis@ETROCONIS02-DT xclock
> DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis@ETROCONIS02-DT /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
>
> I know that things work locally.
> I know that clock works remotely.
> I know that gnome-terminal DOES NOT works remotely.
> Does anybody have any idea why? :(
> Thanks for reading my rant...
> ET
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