[OpenIndiana-discuss] X11 Forwarding.. Can't Open Display

[Jonathan Leafty]

FYI, I decided to see if maybe Xming was just acting up, enabled OpenSSH/X11
forwarding on my Ubuntu box and I can successfully launch programs (like
gedit).

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Jonathan Leafty <
jleafty+openindianadiscuss at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Windows, I use Xming (it's worked prior to the upgrade) and Ubuntu.
> I've also just ssh'd from the OpenIndiana host back into itself to try, I
> remember this worked in the past to test.
>
> The error when launching something like gedit is always:
>  Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:x.0
>
> Where x is the Offset for the session.  Echo $DISPLAY returns back the
> correct information (as far as I know).
>
> Sorry for the newb questions, I'm sure this is really easy.
>
> Attached are the configs (still unclear what the difference is for
> ssh_config and sshd_config..)
>
> Between changes I've restarted network/ssh and I've also rebooted.  I got
> tired of rebooting and decided to ask for help :)
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram at belenix.org>wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I just realized that you're performing an SSH X11 forwarding,
>> so xhost+ won't apply.
>>
>> -- Sriram
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram at belenix.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Some things to check:
>> > 1. Did you reload sshd after you changed the config file ?
>> > 2. Did you perform an xhost + ?
>> >
>> > -- Sriram
>> >
>> > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Serge Fonville
>> > <serge.fonville at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> A few questions:
>> >> Have you looked at the settings in sshd_config.
>> >> What error do you get
>> >> What software did you use.
>> >>
>> >> Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
>> >>
>> >> Serge Fonville
>> >>
>> >> http://www.sergefonville.nl
>> >>
>> >> Convince Google!!
>> >> They need to add GAL support on Android (star to agree)
>> >> http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4602
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2011/8/21 Jonathan Leafty <jleafty+openindianadiscuss at gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >>> I recently upgraded my OpenSolaris b134 install to OI 148 and then
>> 151a
>> >>>
>> >>> I can't seem to get X11 Forwarding to work, every attempt ends in:
>> >>> cannot open display: localhost:10.0
>> >>>
>> >>> It looks like it wasn't enabled after the upgrade in
>> /etc/ssh/ssh_config so
>> >>> I enabled it there (plus ForwardX11Trusted).  sshd_config has it
>> enabled.
>> >>>
>> >>> I've tried this from a Windows and Ubuntu box, same result
>> >>>
>> >>> ssh -v doesn't show anything wrong and I show the OI box listening on
>> 6010
>> >>> (or whatever display offset)
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm honestly not sure what to do next.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
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>> >
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