On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 03:47:14PM +0930, Christian Gelinek wrote: > Dear group, > > 1. My workstation "gar" is running Debian 12 with XFCE. > > 2. I have another PC "marlin" running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with XFCE. > > 3. I recently added a PC "octopus" running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Server, without > desktop environment. > > 4. Both "marlin" and "octopus" have a user "localadmin", on "gar" my > username is "cgelinek". > > 5. I'd like to `ssh -Y localadmin@octopus` from "gar" and then start a > podman container with `xeyes` in it and be able to see it on my screen on > "gar".
( Here a `ssh -X server` user. According `man ssh` are `ssh -X` and `ssh -Y` simular. ) Acknowledge on 'podman container with `xeyes` in it' > 6. I can do that with "marlin" (i.e. `ssh -Y localadmin@marlin`), but not > with "octopus". > > Some debugging suggests that when I `ssh -Y localadmin@octopus`, on octopus > > * $DISPLAY is localhost:10.0, > * /home/localadmin/.Xauthority has the date of connection but > * $XAUTHORITY is empty. > * Unsurprisingly, when I try to run `xeyes` from within a container (with > DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY being forwarded), it stops with `Error: Can't open > display: localhost:10.0`. > > I have checked that xauth is installed on octopus and have run out of ideas > what to try next, any ideas? Ideas: * Compare working and non-working setup further * Tell more about the actual use case. > Thanks for your time, > Christian > Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
