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Display to PC via ssh/putty (RHE 5)

Hi all,

I just installed Red Hat Enterprise and I would like to have the KDE/GNOME windows display to my PC. When I am root (via ssh, putty) I type startx but it fails. I'm not sure what has to be configured!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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"startx" normally starts a local X server connected to the local screen. Not really what you want.

When you ssh in do the following...

1. echo $DISPLAY

to confirm the X forwarding is working.

2. confirm xdm, gdm or kdm are running

3. run Xnest -query 127.0.0.1
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