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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Roger Mason <rmason@×××××××.ca>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X forwarding
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:16:01
Message-Id: 90FAF50B-2BAD-4CE5-909F-6B8B3E6829C3@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] X forwarding by Roger Mason
1 On 9 Nov 2007, at 15:22, Roger Mason wrote:
2 > ...
3 > I wish to forward X from machine B to machine A via ssh. Machine A is
4 > running an X server. On machine B I have in sshd_config:
5 >
6 > X11Forwarding yes
7 >
8 > On machine A I have in ssh_config:
9 >
10 > ForwardX11 yes
11 >
12 > I can ssh from A to B without problems but when I try to start a
13 > simple application:
14 >
15 > B ~ $ xclock
16 > Error: Can't open display:
17 >
18 > and
19 >
20 > B ~ $ echo ${DISPLAY}
21
22 A $ ssh -X B
23 login:
24 password:
25 B $ xclock
26
27 ???
28
29 Stroller.
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