Re: Failed to open the X11 display!
On 2011-03-16, Bernard Fay <bernard.fay@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
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>>From my workstation (Ubuntu 10.04.2), I try to start an application running
> on my server but this application requires X Window System. My server does
> not have a GUI. So I did "ssh -X ip_address_of_server". The server is
> Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). When I start the application and then I have "Failed
> to open the X11 display!" .
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> I use to do it on other system without problem. What is missing here?
>
> Any cue will be appreciated.
Connect using "ssh -vX ip_address_of_server" (-v for verbose). Look for
clues in the terminal output.
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Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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