pop up message?

[Senectus .]

its only a modem link so too slow for that... all I want to do is send
a pop up message..


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:09:28 +0000, Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net> wrote:
> Senectus . wrote:
> 
> >If I'm ssh'd into a machine is there a way for me to send a pop up gui
> >message to that desktop?
> >
> >
> As long as there's a route for that machine to communicate with your
> desktop (ie. no firewall blocks etc.) you should be able to set the
> DISPLAY environment variable and then run GUI apps as normal...
> 
> Normally the syntax is something like...
> 
> export DISPLAY=10.131.160.10:0.0
> 
> ...where 10.131.160.10 is the IP address of your machine.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 


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