Also, check to make sure your localhost is set in /etc/hosts. I had a similar problem and found that the hosts file was missing the localhost entry thanks to Craig's help. On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 04:53 -0700, der.hans wrote: > Am 23. Aug, 2006 schwätzte Mark Phillips so: > > > I cannot figure out what is wrong. Everything I have read on the net and in > > O'Rreilly's SSH book say I am doing it right, but it doesn't work! > > > > Machine - monkey > > Debian stable > > /etc/ssh/ssh_config has > > ForwardX11 yes > > ForwardX11Trusted no > > debian defaults to ForwardX11Trusted set to yes. > > > Machine - stingray > > Debian stable > > kde desktop is running > > /etc/ssh/ssh_config has > > ForwardX11 yes > > ForwardX11Trusted no > > > > I can ssh from monkey to stingray (and vice versa) > > > > When I try ssh -X stingray from monkey, I get Error: Can't open display. > > > > In debug mode, I see the following: > > debug1: Authentication succeeded (keyboard-interactive). > > debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] > > debug1: Entering interactive session. > > debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. > > Linux stingray 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > mark@stingray:~$ echo $DISPLAY > > stingray is the remote host in this situation, correct? > > What do you have for DISPLAY on the localhost? > > Let us see the following scenerio: > > local:$ echo $DISPLAY > :0.0 > local:$ ssh -X remote > you@remote's password: > . > . > remote:$ echo $DISPLAY > localhost:10.0 > > > mark@stingray:~$ xeyes > > Error: Can't open display: > > Yup, not having DISPLAY set will do that to you :). > > ciao, > > der.hans > > > mark@stingray:~$ exit > > debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0 > > logout > > debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 > > Connection to stingray closed. > > debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 32 bytes in 87.1 seconds > > debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.4 > > debug1: Exit status 1 > > > > FWIW, I can do "X -query stingray" from monkey and get the gdm login > > and my kde desktop from stingray to monkey. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > # Join the League of Professional System Administrators! https://LOPSA.org/ > # Take a razor to your throat > # and a noose to your neck, > # then follow that up with a cup of poison. > # Not a good way to start the day. - der.hans > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss