From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 16:35:24 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 9831E37B401 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:35:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4DD443F3F for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CA2921D7B6 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:35:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FF201B8E7E; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:53:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:55:41 -0600 From: kitsune To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: kwythers@umn.edu Subject: Re: running an x app remotely via ssh Message-Id: <20030212105541.47dd3b8a.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c2d2b1$c90f6970$12387618@q1d0p9> References: <000001c2d2b1$c90f6970$12387618@q1d0p9> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- 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 When using a ssh client, putty in your case, and you want X to be forwarded. You need to have a X server running on both machines. If you are making us of putty you will need a X server running on windows. For this you will need cygwin, http://www.cygwin.com/ , and you will need to enable enable X forwarding in putty too. On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:14:13 -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 > machine to have permission to receive forwarded X applications? > > Thanks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message