Re: Problem opening X11 display via network connection
Re: Problem opening X11 display via network connection
- Subject: Re: Problem opening X11 display via network connection
- From: "Stephen J. Butler" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:09:19 -0600
On the remote host, you aren't issuing the command from through the SSH session? Just launching Terminal and typing it in?
SSH sets up its own DISPLAY. If you want to use that, you need to find out the number. From the SSH session type "echo $DISPLAY". I think they always start at 10 and work up. For example, on one of my machines I get "localhost:10.0". If you SSH in a second time you might get a different number.
If I understand you correctly, you're using SSH X11 forwarding in a non-orthodox method. It's designed for people typing commands from the SSH session and having the programs displayed locally. I've never heard of anything using it in a tunnel fashion.
If you want to not use SSH X11 forwarding, then you need to involve xauth and all that jazz. Just like the telnet days. Haven't done it in over a decade, but supposedly it still works.
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