In the last episode (May 05), Amit Dor-Shifer said: > Hi all. > > I'm using ssh to execute a command on a server. When the remote server > has an X server running, I get a/m message written to standard error. > > amit0 ~ # ssh localhost echo bla > Cannot open display "default display" > Cannot open display "default display" > bla > > Appending the '-x' parameter, as suggested, doesn't seem to help: > > amit0 ~ # ssh -x localhost echo bla > Cannot open display "default display" > Cannot open display "default display" > bla You must have something in one of your shell's startup scripts that is trying to access an X display. Adding a "set -x" at the top of your scripts will force each line to be printed as it is run, which should help you track down the offending commands. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
