On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:24:28PM -0400, Steve Huff wrote: > > 1. what is the value of $DISPLAY before you open the ssh connection? > 2. what is the value of $DISPLAY after you open the connection? > > knowing those answers will help pinpoint the source of the problem. > [root at server ~]# echo $DISPLAY [root at server ~]# mysql-administrator (mysql-administrator-bin:24261): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: [root at server ~]# echo $DISPLAY [root at server ~]# What must have? Thanks -- Cristofer Reyes Aguilera linux-user #353991 http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/~crreyes Laboratorio de Computacion, Departamento de Informatica, UTFSM crreyes (at) inf (dot) utfsm (dot) cl -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050405/d6b060a6/attachment-0004.sig>