Fw: Re: [SHR] X forwarding: export DISPLAY?

[W. B. Kranendonk]

excuse me for going through the mailing lists for dummies stage... This mail is for community, not just for Dirk :-) 

> From: W. B. Kranendonk <wankelwankel at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [SHR] X forwarding: export DISPLAY?
> To: "Dirk Gassen" <shrd1rk at dirkgassen.com>
> Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 4:32 PM
> --- On Tue, 8/17/10, Dirk Gassen
> <shrd1rk at dirkgassen.com>
> wrote:
> > Can you check your sshd config? Seems
> > like the current default doesn't have X forwarding
> enabled.
> > In
> > > /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> > change the line
> > > #X11Forwarding no
> > to
> > > X11Forwarding yes
> 
> Indeed! The option is not active. I've enabled it and set
> it to yes, but no opportunity to test at the moment, other
> than ssh -Y localhost, which actually opens another
> vala-terminal on my FR ;-) 
>  echo $DISPLAY
> gives me
>  localhost:10.0
> so that seems in order.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Boudewijn
> 
> 
>       
>