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Re: unable to use x forwading from cygwin shell
Larry, thanks a lot, you saved my time. It's working now. - Michael
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
>
> On 07/30/2008, mnedai wrote:
>> I've installed all the x packages again. xterm and xclock from the bash
>> cygwin gviving error: $ Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0 [1]+
>> Exit
>> 1 xclock
>
> Again, I think the question is, have you started the Cygwin-X server?
> Without it running on your local machine, you're likely to see allot
> of the problems you've been reporting.
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