From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 06:02:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38CA11065670 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B548FC0A for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [212.54.42.132] (helo=smtp1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LRKYH-0000Sh-QH; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:29 +0100 Received: from [84.25.72.219] (helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LRKY9-00060b-Hn; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:21 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48243989E; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:14 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <497D51E6.2000904@boosten.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:14 +0100 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sk89q References: <825770ac0901252109n14c9de4exec2fe3c1daed335b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <825770ac0901252109n14c9de4exec2fe3c1daed335b@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1LRKY9-00060b-Hn X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1.913, required 5, BAYES_00 -2.60, SPF_NEUTRAL 0.69) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: peter@boosten.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 forwarding through SSH: Can't open display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:02:31 -0000 sk89q wrote: > Hello, > > I am using FreeBSD 6.2 and I have been trying to get X11 forwarding > through SSH to work. I've gotten to the point where the environment > variable "DISPLAY" is set, but I get a "Can't open display" error when > I attempt to run an X application. The remote server in question does > not have an X server install. > > In /etc/ssh/ssh_config, I have the following lines: > X11Forwarding yes > AllowTcpForwarding yes > UseLogin no > Have a look at /etc/ssh/sshd_config of the remote server and restart sshd after modification. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org