Panix Help System: X11

X11 forwarding

Because X11 holds risks for folks who don't use it properly, our login scripts default to disabling X11 forwarding.

To enable X11 forwarding (note that the "x" in ".allowx11" is lower case):

touch ~/.allowx11

On all future logins, X11 forwarding will be enabled.

$PATH

By default, X11 programs are not in $PATH. If needed, /usr/X11R7/bin can be added to your $PATH.

For "sh" based shells, add to your ~/.profile:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R7/bin

For csh/tcsh, add to your ~/.cshrc

set path=($path /usr/X11R7/bin)

xterm

If you have are using "xterm" as your terminal type and are experiencing problems with terminal emulation, you may have to change your terminal type to "xterm-r6" or "xterm-r5". Some xterm programs (Solaris) have touble with our terminfo entry for "xterm" (mutt and lynx will "mess up").