xterm Xt error

Matthieu Herrb matthieu.herrb at laas.fr
Mon Aug 7 07:33:08 PDT 2006


Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 02:31:46PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>> Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>> Hi ALL
>>>
>>> a) On local box, do xhost +
>>>
>>> b)  Go to remote host.
>>>   ssh -X remotehost
>>>   export DISPLAY= <local box ip>:0.0
>>>   /usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: IP:0.0
>> You probably need to enable  X11Forwarding in the remote host's 
>> /etc/ssh/sshd_config file (or ask the administrator of the remote host 
>> to do it).
> 
> If he has X forwarding setup, he also doesn't need (want) to set $DISPLAY
> 
You're right. I didn't read the original mail carefully enough.

-- 
Matthieu Herrb
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