Re: X-server not compatible with other distro or what?

j8shen@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello
>
> When I was using mandrake 10.1, I could do the following things
without
> running any extra programs.
> 1. SSH to my university
> 2. run the GUI matlab or Kate or anything GUI program on my
university
> computer, and have the GUI displayed on my local machine by typing
the
> respective command to run the programs. ie, matlab, kate, nedit, etc

>
> Now, I switched to suse 9.3, I could not do the above. I always get> NEdit: Can't open display
> kate: ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't determine DISPLAY. Aborting
>
> werewolf:~% thunderbird
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
> It seems that my X-server isn't on. But, I am currectly using KDE
3.4. So
> my X had to be started. I also turned off the suse firewall. Can
any one
> please help me? Thanks in advance.
>
> Jay
have you tried: ssh -X yourprogram ?
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