Re: X11 Server on Mac, X11 Client on linux
Re: X11 Server on Mac, X11 Client on linux
- Subject: Re: X11 Server on Mac, X11 Client on linux
- From: Randy Ford <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:44:38 -0600
On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 06:14 AM, Trevor Merritt wrote:
I'm trying to run X11 apps on a linux box here with them displaying on
my mac. i have tried using ssh, xauth, and disabling access control
lists. on the linux side im exporting the display variable and have
turned off all the security on my mac for testing purposes. when i
launch the app on the linux side, it complains it cannot open display.
with the fink X11 install this worked beautifuly, with the Apple
install it doesn't. I have checked the FAQ to no avail, have also
checked http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/remotex.html also to no
avail. Can anyone throw something out there for me to try?
Looking at the other responses, try the following:
From Mac: ssh -x user@linuxname
On the Linux box: do not overide the DISPLAY that the ssh set. It
should look like linuxbox:10.0 . Not that it does not point to the mac
box. That because sshd sets up a proxy on the linux side that sends
the X traffic vis ssh back to the ssh client on the Mac. Sometimes,
people have their login shell scripts set the DISPLAY.
The only two failure modes I've seen using ssh -X is not having
X11Forwarding set to true on the host machine (Linux in this case), or
overwriting the DISPLAY set by ssh.
randy.
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