Hi all, > I have an fc18 install and it seems that X11 forwarding over ssh has > changed. I used to be able to just "ssh -Y root@remotehost" and be > allowed to run programs to my display. However, now it seems this is > no longer allowed: > > $ ssh -X root@mytest > X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0 > > Does anyone know how to fix this? None of the previous methods, > including exporting the Xauthority variable, seem to work. > > I'm specifically trying to run virt-manager and it fails with > "RuntimeError: could not open display" The solution for me was to install xorg-x11-xauth on the server side. Then using "ssh -Y remotehost" worked properly for virt-manager as root to a fedora 17 client. Make sure you have "X11Forwarding yes" enabled in your sshd_config on the server. It's enabled by default on fc18. Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
