diff --git a/docs.it4i/general/accessing-the-clusters/graphical-user-interface/x-window-system.md b/docs.it4i/general/accessing-the-clusters/graphical-user-interface/x-window-system.md index e6f4756b5c8634770df89cf3a21eb9c4edcf27f4..2b3809ad56caf65f11a2a6d8ae258aa045512e9b 100644 --- a/docs.it4i/general/accessing-the-clusters/graphical-user-interface/x-window-system.md +++ b/docs.it4i/general/accessing-the-clusters/graphical-user-interface/x-window-system.md @@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ Then log in as usual. In order to display graphical user interface GUI of various software tools, you need to enable the X display forwarding. Log in using the -X option in ssh client: ```console - local $ export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 local $ ssh -X username@cluster-name.it4i.cz ``` +!!! tip + If unable to execute graphical sofware showing error message "cannot open display" then try export DISPLAY variable before log in using the -X option in ssh client: +```console + local $ export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 +``` + ## Verify the Forwarding To verify the forwarding, type