[CentOS] Remote X connection to CentOS 5.5 using Xming -ac

[Alexander Farber]

 grep -rw DISPLAY /etc/

doesn't set anything either...

So, when connecting via SSH/PuTTY,
then the DISPLAy should be set to localhost:10.0 by SSH, correct?

Regards
Alex

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Alexander Farber
<alexander.farber at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is something in your .profile or .bashrc clearing your DISPLAY variable?
>>  When I log in with putty with the X forwarding box checked I get a
>> DISPLAY variable set automatically (you can see it with 'env') that
>> isn't set when I don't check the box.
>
> No, "grep -r DISPLAY $HOME" and "... /root" return nothing :-(
>
> I'd prefer to get Xming + CentOS working
> (it worked for me once already, had CentOS in VmWare and
> could run X-programs via Xming from it) instead of installing NX....
>