Your problem is a simple one to solve, and you appear to be making it more difficult. You do not need to do anything with your X server. When you ssh into a server with the -X flag, it tells the server to route the X display to your computer. (I believe that this is the default, so you may not even need the flag) You do not need to do this manually. All you need to do is verify that the server contains the proper XFree86 config file (I am not certain of what this is right now), or it's sshd will not turn on display redirection when it is started. To do this, I find it is easiest to have X installed on the server. It does not need to be running. Once you ssh in, if the server does not support X redirect, it should tell you right away. -----Original Message----- From: xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dale Macdonald Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:57 PM To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Problem Running a remote X session I have an aplication where it will be beneficial to have an app running on a powerful server. And to display the X-session on my less powerful machine downstairs. So I work thru a howto. Lets call the powerful machine "power" and my machine (where I wish to view the app) "mine" I , at this stage, am unconcerned about security, I can tighten this up later, all I want is to get it to work. So on mine I type xhost + - so any host can be a client of the X-server. I ssh to power using all recomended switches : mine# ssh -XY power enter username and password, and cool, I am in. so i try power# xacctest -display mine:0 & and it fails with : Cannot connect to x server mine.accpick.co.za:0.0 I have tried being root, and a regular user, using fully qualified domain names, and still nothing. It is extremely annoying. I was however, able to connect from mine to a Red Hat 9 box happily As a last resort, on power i enabled telnet, and tried that, to see if i had an ssh problem - still no luck! Since i can connect from mine (a slackware 10 box) to bool (a Red Hat 9 box) I am assuming i need to do something else to power to get it to work I really like slackware, so I hope somebody has a bright idea to help me out here. Incidentally, I am running KDE. I live in hope _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
