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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T16:36:10+00:00 2026-05-16T16:36:10+00:00

my development server has a running Gnome-Desktop. I am connected to it by a

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my development server has a running Gnome-Desktop. I am connected to it by a ssh session. The Gnome-Session and the ssh session are running with the same user.

How to I start a Gnome-application (for example gedit) from the ssh remote session so that it appears on the remote servers Gnome-Desktop?

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    2026-05-16T16:36:10+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 4:36 pm

    This would probably work:

    Tcsh:

    setenv DISPLAY :0
    gedit
    

    Bash:

    export DISPLAY=:0
    gedit
    

    If you are not the user that is logged into the Gnome session, then you would need to do xhost + to disable the authentication.

    If the above doesn’t work, then instead of :0, try simply copying the DISPLAY environment variable to the ssh terminal.

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