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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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