From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Roger Mason <rmason@esd.mun.ca>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X forwarding
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:10:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <90FAF50B-2BAD-4CE5-909F-6B8B3E6829C3@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <y65abpn8mvt.fsf@minnie.esd.mun.ca>
On 9 Nov 2007, at 15:22, Roger Mason wrote:
> ...
> I wish to forward X from machine B to machine A via ssh. Machine A is
> running an X server. On machine B I have in sshd_config:
>
> X11Forwarding yes
>
> On machine A I have in ssh_config:
>
> ForwardX11 yes
>
> I can ssh from A to B without problems but when I try to start a
> simple application:
>
> B ~ $ xclock
> Error: Can't open display:
>
> and
>
> B ~ $ echo ${DISPLAY}
A $ ssh -X B
login:
password:
B $ xclock
???
Stroller.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-09 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-09 15:22 [gentoo-user] X forwarding Roger Mason
2007-11-09 15:45 ` Albert Hopkins
2007-11-09 16:33 ` Billy Holmes
2007-11-09 21:12 ` [gentoo-user] X forwarding [fixed] Roger Mason
2007-11-14 3:18 ` Billy Holmes
2007-11-09 17:52 ` [gentoo-user] X forwarding Dan Farrell
2007-11-09 20:10 ` Stroller [this message]
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