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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: SSH X Forwarding
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091703400.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199906091454.KAA05844@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote:

> Just to note, this is not the same thread as the 'newbie question:
> ssh' posts.
> 
> I have one machine that seems to be having trouble forwarding X
> connections. The problem does not seem to be on the client end; I can
> open X apps fine on several FreeBSD and IRIX machines I run sshd
> on. Plus, I have seen the problem using ssh clients on more than one
> machine.
> 
> I open a ssh session with this machine, and everything runs
> smoothly. However, I try to run an X application and I get the
> following error (xterm used as an example),
> 
> [102:~] xterm
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 60
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: pc222.mydomain.com:10.0

60: operation timed out, the remote did not respond.

> Note that the exact error varies somewhat with the app,
> 
> [103:~] xwp
> TRANS(SocketINETConnect) () can't connect: errno = 110
> Error: Can't open display: pc222.mydomain.com:10.0

There is no errno 110.  

> The first time this occured, the machine in question had 'xlock'
> running, and I wondered if this was preventing X connections (which
> does not seem like proper behavior, but this is one of the few things
> about this machine that is different from the others I connect to
> successfully). However, now, with no xlock, there are the same errors.
> 
> The sshd server in question is running on 3.1-STABLE and was built
> from the ports.

Perhaps a tcpdump is in order?  Maybe the remote is blocking X requests
from non-local hosts.

Doug White                               
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