[ale] SSH X11 Forwarding driving me nuts....

[Jim Popovitch]

Is C missing xlibs?

-Jim P.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Robert L.
> Harris
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 7:32 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] SSH X11 Forwarding driving me nuts....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, I have 3 systems, A B and C for simplicity.
> 
> I ssh from A to B and type "xterm" and pop, it appears on A
> I ssh from A to C and type "xterm" and a couple mins later I get an
> error:
>   xterm Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:12.0
> 
> I can do an "xhost +" on A then manually set my $DISPLAY on B to A:0.0
> and it will pop up the xterm just great.
> 
> The 3 machines have the same /etc/ssh/ssh*config files (I copied them
> from B to A and C) and restarted sshd.  The home directory for all 3 are
> the same (nfs mounted from D).  All 3 are Debian Unstable.  A and B have
> Monitors and KDE3/X installed, C is a headless Server.
> 
> This is driving me batty.  I can't ssh from other machines to B and
> start X apps either which I need on occasion.
> 
> 
> Any thoughts?
>   Robert
> 
> 
> :wq!
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> 
> Diagnosis: witzelsucht  	
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