On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Charles Curley < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:10:18 -0700 > Charles Curley > <[email protected]<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&ui=1&[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > I have three Debian 6.0.x machines, two virtual. The third, dragon, > > runs XFCE. I can log into the third machine, but cannot get X to work. > > $DISPLAY is not set for root or for a regular user. > > Solution: per http://www.gemberdesign.com/blog/category/Networking > (quoting http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~hmleung/wordpress/?p=876): > > Apparently the problem had to do with SSH trying to use IPV6, which is > not installed on that machine. The solution, then, is to tell sshd to > use ipv4 only. In the file, /etc/ssh/sshd_config add the line > > AddressFamily inet > > above the first Port or ListenAddress statement(s). Then restart sshd: > > [snip] Interesting. I'm curious of a .ssh/config equiv could work around that too. (or ssh -4). ipconfig on the unsupported box has no ipv6 addresses via ipconfig? (or "ip a") Regards, Scott. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
