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Re: Fwd: ForwardX11 not working

Maybe it will help, if you know what the DISPLAY variable is used for.

It is like this: when you start a program (like gnuplot),
it will okk at the DISPLAY variable and use its value as
the address of the X11 display to use.


So in your case, it will read "localhost:0.0" and it will connect
and display on ... the localhost (localhost means "the same PC").


Never set DISPLAY manually. That is the golden rule ;-)

OK, _almost_ never.

Regards,
David



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