Re: minimal X applications needed to export to remote server?

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On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85750@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I'm running a piece of network backup software called 'bacula', on a
> minimal CentOS 6.4 install.
> I got everything working pretty well, but there's one piece giving me some
> problem-- a component which gives status info via a GUI.
> In the past, on previous installations, I could ssh to the bacula server
> with the -X option, and run the application (called 'bat'), and it would
> display back.  I'd have to make sure the sshd_config permits Xforwarding,
> but that was all.
>
> On my new CentOS 6.4 minimal, I always get:
>
> bat: cannot connect to X server
>
> I tried the usual tricks of exporting the display to my system where I
> want to see the GUI, which shouldn't be necessary anyway due to the 'ssh
> -X', but I thought I'd give it a shot.  Still no go.
>
> I figured something was missing, since it is a minimal install, with no
> X.   So I installed 'xlogo', thinking maybe all the X stuff needed to
> display that would be installed.  By installing xlogo, I got a bunch of X
> stuff, including:
>
> xorg-x11-apps-7.6-6.el6.x86_64
>
> I also have:
>
> libXau-1.0.6-4.el6.x86_64
> libX11-1.5.0-4.el6.x86_64
> libXrender-0.9.7-2.el6.x86_64
> libXcursor-1.1.13-2.el6.x86_64
> libXft-2.3.1-2.el6.x86_64
> libXxf86vm-1.1.2-2.el6.x86_64
> libXi-1.6.1-3.el6.x86_64
> libXmu-1.1.1-2.el6.x86_64
> libXaw-1.0.11-2.el6.x86_64
> libX11-common-1.5.0-4.el6.noarch
> libXext-1.3.1-2.el6.x86_64
> libXfixes-5.0-3.el6.x86_64
> libXdamage-1.1.3-4.el6.x86_64
> libXrandr-1.4.0-1.el6.x86_64
> libXinerama-1.1.2-2.el6.x86_64
> libXv-1.0.7-2.el6.x86_64
> libXt-1.1.3-1.el6.x86_64
> libXpm-3.5.10-2.el6.x86_64
>
> But I still get the error.
>
> Anyone know which package/rpm/lib I am missing?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Joseph Spenner
>
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At a minimum I would install xorg-x11-xauth, xorg-x11-tools, xorg-x11-apps,
and xorg-x11-xterm.  Also make sure you configure X11Forwarding to yes in
sshd_config.
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