xterm Xt error

Matthieu Herrb matthieu.herrb at laas.fr
Mon Aug 7 05:31:46 PDT 2006


Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi ALL
> 
> a) On local box, do xhost +
> 
> b)  Go to remote host.
>    ssh -X remotehost
>    export DISPLAY= <local box ip>:0.0
>    /usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: IP:0.0

You probably need to enable  X11Forwarding in the remote host's 
/etc/ssh/sshd_config file (or ask the administrator of the remote host 
to do it).

-- 
Matthieu Herrb



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