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Re: How do I start a X session on another machine



Hi,

* Andrew Lindley <aml47@ntlworld.com> [02-10-13 10:20]:
>I went for option 2  - ssh. I can ssh between the 2 hosts but the 
>$DISPLAY variable does not get set on the server machine. I have 
>ssh_config on both sides defaulting to ForwardX11=yes and can see the 
>x11_get_proto line if I give ssh the -vv option. So I have a situation 
>where I can ssh for command line but no X support.

The entry in ssh_config is meant to replace ssh's -X option? Does the
server offer X11?

Anthing to learn from 'ssh -v' (or 'ssh -v -X')? What do the X
applications say?


Thorsten
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