i couldn't start an application which is installed on the Server with Graphic User Interface

[KOTP]

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 18:04 +0800, tian kong wrote:
> i connected to a Server which is using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
> SP2 (x86_64).
> I have just installed xCrySDen on the Server. I want to open it with a
> graphic user interface when i use a ssh client( F-Secure ssh client )
> to connect to the server.
> 
> When i use F-Secure ssh client in Windows 7, login in the server, then
> start xCrySDen, it failed with the following text:
> 
> Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY
> environment variable
> Error in startup script: can't read "xcrys(platform)": no such
> variable
>    while executing
> "if { $xcrys(platform) == "windows" } {
>    # testing ...
>    rename exec _tcl_exec
> 
>    proc exec {args} {
>        global env
> 
>        # first try a normal exec..."
>    (file
> "/home/users/luttangfl/software/XCrySDen-1.5.21-bin-semishared/Tcl/cygwin.tcl" line 19)
>    invoked from within
> "source $system(TOPDIR)/Tcl/cygwin.tcl"
>    (file
> "/home/users/luttangfl/software/XCrySDen-1.5.21-bin-semishared/Tcl/xcInit.tcl" line 433)
> 
> then, i tried the command xlogo, it said:
> Error: Can't open display:
> 
> When i use Putty( another ssh client) in Windows 7, enable the X11
> forwarding in Putty, it still couldn't open the graphic user
> interface.
> 
> But when i used Ubuntu10.04, open the terminal, and use the following
> command: 
> ssh -l abc -p 222 111.111.111.111 -X
> 
> and then after i login into the server and start xCrySDen, it works, i
> can see the application's graphic user interface.
> i want it works correctly when the clients' OS is Windows. Can you
> help me? Thx a lot !!!!
> >>>>>>>>【this is an email sent by tiankong】

Do you have a X server installed on your Windows workstation?
It looks to me you could use either Cygwin/X (http://x.cygwin.com/),
Xming (http://straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/) and even XCrySDen, but it
will need Cygwin anyway.(and the newest Cygwin has X included)

Good luck.
-- 
Regards,
KOTP
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 488 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20110412/fc3e1261/attachment.sig>