Unable to get X display settings

linux x11 putty xming
Programmer picture Programmer · Apr 20, 2015 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

I have downloaded and installed Xming on my Windows 7 laptop. I am using a PUTTY session to connect to my linux box and start a X Windows application but the $DISPLAY variable is itself not getting setup properly:

I see the XMING icon on my system tray

X0.hosts file:

localhost
10.24.0.144

Putty->X11->Enable X11 Forwarding [X Display Location - :0.0]

But:

@10.24.0.144's password:
Last login: Sun Sep 20 11:57:37 2015 from 10.21.200.197
# echo $DISPLAY

#

As such I am not able to successfully start the X Windows app from Putty?

Answer

Barett picture Barett · Jun 26, 2015

Did you check this box in PuTTY? The box below can help tweak your display location, if it needs to be customized.

PuTTY x11 screen shot

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