On 10/10/07, techlists at comcast.net <techlists at 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 at 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? I often run into this when I forget to install xorg-x11-xauth on the server. I'd suggest you check that with 'rpmquery xorg-x11-xauth' and otherwise install it, then try a new ssh -Y login regards, Bent > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >