Jerry Geis wrote:
> I can ssh into a remote machine.
> I can start X on that machine with startx
>
> How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and
> have it display on my machine in my office.
>
> So I want to be using firefox on the remote machine but displaying the
> screen output from firefox in my office.
> Both boxes are running centos 5.

don't startx on the REMOTE machine, have it running on the LOCAL machine.

local$ ssh -X remote
...authenticate...
remote$ firefox &

and firefox should open on the local...