[NTLUG:Discuss] Remote X stopped working.

[Terry]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:12:35 -0600, Jack Snodgrass <mylinuxguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 )
> 
I don't think so [-X option does this on the ssh command] because that
is from client side.  (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

And  he may need to all of above:
1) Set set ssh config to
ForwardX11 yes
2) Use 
ssh -X

3) And maybe even:
xhost +
on host
or
xhost [+]name


> 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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