Blind guess:
Does your ssh session have X-output ability to your windows session?
If not, the problem may be the preview display. In that case try
-d option. As I said, a blind guess.
--
merge{#local i=-11;#while(i<11)#local
i=i+.1;sphere{<i*(i*i*(.05-i*i*(4e-7*i*i+3e-4))-3)10*sin(i)30>.5}#end
pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission x}}hollow}// Mark Weyer
