[ale] Display Environment

[Joseph A Knapka]

> Jon Faranda wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have two Redhat 7.2 machines networked together. On Computer1 I have
> a software package that I would like to export to use on computer2.
> The software has a nice GUI and I'd like to run this software on the
> two machines at the same time. I am using the bash shell. Is it an
> environment variable setting? Is this even possible? I have tried VNC,
> but the image quality isn't too great and this software is graphic
> intensive.

In bash, on computer1, do:

export DISPLAY=computer2:0
 
Then start the app on computer1, and the GUI will appear on
computer2.

Cheers,

-- Joe
  Using open-source software: free.
  Pissing Bill Gates off: priceless.

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