How to start X program on local display?

Question

I'm ssh-ing into a Raspberry Pi. I would like to start an X program remotely, on the Pi's display.

I know you can export DISPLAY to have programs open up on your computer when you ssh-in. But I'm looking for the opposite.

What I'd like to have is have a program open up on the Pi's own (HDMI connected) display, when I run a command from ssh.

What I'm looking for is to have a program run on the Pi and display it on the Pi. Pretty much I'd like to just remote control the Pi, using my desktop's keyboard.

I'm on Raspbian / Deb Wheezy.

That should be the default behavior unless you are using the -X or -Y options to ssh in. Doesn't it work? Do you get an error? — terdon, Feb 10 '14 at 15:20
Yes, my error is like Error: Can't open display: (null) Failed creating new xdo instance. I'm just using normal ssh to log-in, not -X or -Y — hyperknot, Feb 17 '14 at 17:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 10 '14 at 15:17

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Just run xeyes on the PI (check that you have env variable DISPLAY setup export DISPLAY=:0.0 or specify it directly

xeyes -display ':0.0'

edited Feb 10 '14 at 15:17

terdon

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answered Feb 10 '14 at 13:32

X Tian

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I guess this runs a program on my desktop and displays it on the Pi. What I'm looking for is to have a program run on the Pi and display it on the Pi. Pretty much I'd like to just remote control the Pi, using my desktop's keyboard. – hyperknot Feb 10 '14 at 13:34
Arh sorry, misunderstood, when you said opposite. Just run xeyes on the PI (check that you have env variable DISPLAY setup export DISPLAY=:0.0 – X Tian Feb 10 '14 at 13:35

How to start X program on local display?

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