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Re: X Forwarding via SSH



Try running ssh in verbose mode (add "-v" to the command-line).  The
output should help to pinpoint what's failing.

On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 03:21:34PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> I've got a Sid box at home, and one in the office.
> 
> At home, I'm on Cox Cable, going through a Netgear 
> router/switch/firewall, then through a SurfBoard cable modem.
> 
> At the office, I'm on a LAN connected via T1s to the world.
> 
> I can do "ssh -X canaan.acu.edu" from home, and log onto this Solaris
> box at work, and run X apps remotely, displaying them to my home X
> display.
> 
> I can do :ssh -X westek.acu.edu" from home, and log onto this Sid box
> at work, and can *not* run X apps remotely; instead, I get the error
> message:
>   
> ====
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview &
> [1] 9885
> 
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> [1]+  Exit 1                  gqview
> ====
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to forward X apps from my ofice Sid box to my 
> home Sid box?
> Thanks!
> 
> Kent


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