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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:30:49 -0600
From:      "Kirk R. Wythers" <wythe001@tc.umn.edu>
To:        <David.Bear@asu.edu>, <kwythers@umn.edu>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: running an x app remotely via ssh
Message-ID:  <000301c2d2b4$1a86e6f0$12387618@q1d0p9>
In-Reply-To: <20030212092430.B4033@asu.edu>

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Bear [mailto:David.Bear@asu.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:25 AM
To: kwythers@umn.edu
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: running an x app remotely via ssh

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?

The home machine is an winxp box (putty is a win32 client)

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


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