Putty problem.

[Disillusion]

So where I work we use putty to use a Windows computer to connect to a Linux computer. The Windows computer is the client and the Linux computer is the server. Client is running Windows 98 and server is running Red Hat 8.0.

When using putty, I am using the IP address of the server and using a Telnet session. It's always worked fine in the past but just quit working recently.

I connect to the server and it will bring up the Unix login screen so I type the login and hit enter and it displays this error very quickly then crashes.

xterm Xt error: Can't open display:

Here's the log

Looking up host "10.117.95.254"
Connecting to 10.117.95.254 port 23
client:  WILL NAWS
client:  WILL TSPEED
client:  WILL TTYPE
client:  WILL NEW_ENVIRON
client:  DO ECHO
client:  WILL SGA
client:  DO SGA
server:  DO TTYPE
server:  DO TSPEED
server:  DO XDISPLOC
client:  WONT XDISPLOC
server:  DO NEW_ENVIRON
server:  DO NAWS
client:  SB NAWS 80,24
server:  WILL ECHO
server:  WILL SGA
server:  SB TSPEED SEND
client:  SB TSPEED IS 38400,38400
server:  SB NEW_ENVIRON SEND
client:  SB NEW_ENVIRON IS <nothing>
server:  SB TTYPE SEND
client:  SB TTYPE IS XTERM
server:  DO ECHO
client:  WONT ECHO
server:  WILL STATUS
client:  WONT STATUS
server:  DO LFLOW
client:  WONT LFLOW

Anyone know what's going on here?

 

[redhorns]

Try connection to the linux server using ssh. Its securer and stronger.