From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 8:24:35 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1996037B401 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:24:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from moroni.pp.asu.edu (moroni.pp.asu.edu [129.219.120.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 670EB43FAF for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:24:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu) Received: (from iddwb@localhost) by moroni.pp.asu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h1CGOUg04214; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:24:30 -0700 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:24:30 -0700 From: David Bear To: kwythers@umn.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running an x app remotely via ssh Message-ID: <20030212092430.B4033@asu.edu> Reply-To: David.Bear@asu.edu References: <000001c2d2b1$c90f6970$12387618@q1d0p9> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000001c2d2b1$c90f6970$12387618@q1d0p9>; from wythe001@tc.umn.edu on Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:14:13AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:14:13AM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > I am able to log into my office machine (5.0-RELEASE) with ssh from home > just fine. However when I attempt to start an X-app (with putty), I get > the error: > > lorax: [/etc/ssh] $ evolution & > [1] 674 > lorax: [/etc/ssh] $ Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to localhost:10.0 broken > (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > What did I miss? I have a fragment of a memory about adding my home > machine to some file somewhere on my office box in order for my home did you have an X server running on your home machine when you shell into your office machine? also, when using ssh I need to use -X at the end of the command line to instruct it to tunnel X. don't know about putty. -- David Bear College of Public Programs/ASU Mail Code 0803 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message