Re: running x over ssh?

[Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au>]

On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 01:53:35AM -0400, awesome-dave1 juno com <awesome-dave1 juno com> wrote:
| > | 	I was wondering if it's possible to run x windows over an 
| > ssh link? If
| > | so, can someone give me step-by-step instructions?
| > 
| > Sure. I'm doing it right now. Set the "ForwardX11 flag in your 
| > ~/.ssh/config:
| > 
| > 	Host *
| > 		ForwardX11 yes
| > 
| > to do it by default. For a per-command instance, on the command 
| > line:
| > 
| > 	ssh -o 'forwardx11 yes' hostname
| > 
| > (The option names are case insensitive.)
|
| 	Ok, thank you. I did that, now it's saying when I run startx that it
| can't connect to display.

I think we misunderstand each other. The above if for sshing to a remote host
_after_ starting X, so that the remote host can run X programs and have them
appear on your screen.  Can you describe your situation in more detail? And
exactly what you're doing, in what order?

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743        cs zip com au    http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/

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