[CentOS] Having difficulty exporting display

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Yves S. Garret wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is my issue, my remote machine (CentOS 6.3, hosted in Azure windows
> environment) has an application that I need to test on my local box
> (CentOS 6.4, a laptop behind a router).
>
> Now, this is what I'm doing and the issue that I'm encountering:
> Local:
> $ xhost +
> $ ssh -X someusername at somehostname.net -p 49283
>
> Remote:
> $ export DISPLAY=192.168.1.6:0.0
> $ xclock
>
> ... and nothing, it just sits there and no xclock shows up :( .  I'm
> fairly convinced that this is due to my router, but I don't know how to
deal
> with it.  Any ideas?  Am I way off in my guess?

Several thoughts, immediately: is the firewall open for it? Does the
/etc/ssh/sshd_config have X11 forwarding enabled?

        mark, rounding up the usual suspects