On 10/9/07, techlists@comcast.net techlists@comcast.net wrote:
I have a CentOS server at home and want to view the X display on a laptop running Ubuntu, and not having much success.
Here's what's been tried so far:
I ran this command on the CentOS server:
export DISPLAY=192.168.0.18:0.0
And ran this command on the Ubuntu laptop:
xauth +192.168.0.2
When I try to run, say, xclock on the Ubuntu laptop, this is the error message I'm getting:
[root@centos-ws ~]# xclock Error: Can't open display: 192.168.0.18:0.0
I'm assuming there's an important little detail I'm missing somewhere, but don't know what.
Any suggestions?
Paul
On the CentOS box, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to add the line:
X11Forwarding yes
Restart sshd by service sshd restart
From the Ubuntu box, connect to CentOS by:
ssh -Y centosbox
(use -Y instead of -X, see man ssh for the reason)
There is no need to set DISPLAY as pointed out earlier.
Akemi