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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Xclock command not working Post 302930326 by Peasant on Friday 2nd of January 2015 08:37:49 AM
Old 01-02-2015
Using SSH X forwarding in putty and Xming.

Connect as root :

Code:
[root@host][root]# echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
xauth list
<output here>
su - oracle
xauth add <output from above>
export DISPLAY=localhost:10.0
xclock # or other x program.

 

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