Shawn, SSH is the best option. If you cannot/have-a-good-reason-not-to use SSH, look for an environment variable like $REMOTEHOST. export DISPLAY=$REMOTEHOST:0.0 Good luck, Troy >>> crumley at belka.space.umn.edu 09/04/01 02:58PM >>> On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:54:35PM -0500, Shawn Fertch wrote: > I'm trying to set up display exporting from one machine to another. I have > it working if I set the export: > > export DISPLAY=10.203.1.50:0.0 > > However, there's one problem. I'm on DHCP and it's a major pain to try and > request static IP's. How can I set this up so that in my .profile I can do > so on DHCP without using DNS? Use ssh so the exporting is automatic. You could setup scripts to automate it using aliases, etc, but it doesn't seem like it would be worth the effort unless you have a strong reason for avoiding ssh. -- Jim Crumley | Free Dmitry Sklyarov! crumley at fields.space.umn.edu | http://freesklyarov.org/ Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 | _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list