[NTLUG:Discuss] Remote X stopped working.

[Jack Snodgrass]

Make sure that 
ForwardAgent yes
ForwardX11 yes
are set in the ssh config files on both machines. 

( I think that -X option does this on the ssh command ) 

Fedora FC3 changed the old defaults and turned off this be default. 
Suse might have done the same. 

jack 


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:50:51 -0800, Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> wrote:
> On several machines both at home and at work, since being upgraded to
> SuSE 9.1 or 9.2, the following procedure no longer works:
> 
>    On machineA:
> 
>    % xhost +
>    access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
>    % ssh myname at machineB
> 
>    On machineB:
> 
>    % export DISPLAY=machineA:0.0
>    % xcalc
>    Error: Can't open display: machineA:0.0
>    %
> 
> I can 'ping' machineA from machineB - both are static IP (although
> it doesn't work with DHCP either).
> 
> This always used to work OK - but since upgrading it does not.
> 
> What gives?
> 
> (Yes, I know we should be more restrictive than "xhost +" - I'm just
> making up an example here.  Also, it's not just 'xcalc' - it could be
> any X program).
> 
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