[vtkusers] x server error on linux

Kevin H. Hobbs kevin.hobbs.1 at ohiou.edu
Tue Oct 25 13:35:21 EDT 2005


On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 16:31 +0000, Jesse Corrington wrote:
> I am trying to run a vtk application on linux remotly from my windows 
> machine and having some problems.  I am able to compile it fine, but when i 
> try to run it, it says there is an x server error.  Any ideas as to how I 
> can make this work.  Thanks

Do you actually want to use the display or just do batch jobs?

Do you have an X server running on your windows workstation?

Are you using ssh to login to the server?

What do you get when you type "echo $DISPLAY" on the server?
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