On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:32, David Z Maze wrote: > > Matthew Yee-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > > Eew eew eew. Don't do that. Debian disables unencrypted X network > > sessions. But since you're using ssh to log in from one machine to > > the other (right?) this is easy: just add -X to the ssh command-line > > arguments to get X forwarding over ssh, and the DISPLAY environment > > variable will be automagically set to the right thing on the remote > > machine. > > Ok... From an xterm window on my local box, I do > $ssh -X <username>@<remotehost> > > Then from the command prompt on the remote box, I type > $mtr -g www.cox.net > and instantly get the error > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > Explicitly setting $DISPLAY on the remote host causes the > same error, but it just takes a few seconds of cogitation, first. > > Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove '-nolisten tcp' from > the script that starts the local X. I'm going to try that now.
Progress!! After removing '-nolisten tcp' from /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc this is the error: <on the remote host> $ mtr -g www.cox.net Xlib: connection to "<mylocalhost>:0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: <mylocalhost>:0 $ xhost rebel Xlib: connection to "<mylocalhost>:0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xhost: unable to open display "<mylocalhost>:0" In <remotehost>:/etc/ssh/sshd_config, there is the directive X11Forwarding no Is this overriding my use of "ssh -X"? -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, | ! CNN, Larry King Live | +---------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]