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[IDV #UWP-436481]: Running IDV on remote machine

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  • Subject: [IDV #UWP-436481]: Running IDV on remote machine
  • Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:12:41 -0600
Hi Zach-

> First, I attended the sessions in Norman, OK over the last 3 days.
> Thanks for putting on a very informative workshop.

Thanks for attending.  I'm glad you found it useful.

> Second, I have IDV installed on a Redhat Linux box.  It runs
> successfully on that machine.  When I ssh to that machine from my
> Windows box and try to run IDV the windows do appear, but before IDV is
> fully loaded I get the error message:
> 
> Could not create a graphics configuration.
> 
> Please contact Unidata user support or see the FAQ.
> 
> 
> 
> Can you advise me how I should run IDV remotely?

You need to tunnel X to get this working correctly.  I have best
luck using ssh -Y.  If that doesn't work, let me know.

Don


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UWP-436481
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open