On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Aldo Foot wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Karl Pearson <karlp ourldsfamily com> wrote:I like remote managing my server using ssh -X or ssh -Y and then running gui apps sometimes. I've check workstation and server X11Forwarding yes and then restarted sshd so don't know where else to go. I've checked the logs and there's nothing about it. The error I get is: [root mail root]# system-config-printer system-config-printer: could not open display This is a graphical application and requires DISPLAY to be set. or: [karlp mail ~/]$ xterm xterm Xt error: Can't open display: xterm: DISPLAY is not set Of course, the obvious is to set $DISPLAY, which doesn't work either.Any ideas where to go next? ---On the ssh client: $ xhost +<sshServer>
No joy. echo $DISPLAY still shows a blank line.
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