Remote X over ssh

[Alan Jackson]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:40:12 -0800
Shawn Tayler <stayler at xmtservices.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:55:24 -0800 Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com>
> exclaimed:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 04, 2005, Shawn Tayler wrote:
> > >On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:16:34 -0800 Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com>
> > >exclaimed:
> > >
> > >> Shawn Tayler wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> >Ok Guys,
> > >> >
> > >> >All this X discussion has brought to mind an issue that I had put on
> > >a> >back burner.  I am trying to get a remotre X session on a PC over a
> > >LAN.> > I am
> > >> >using ssh to initially connect.  I have X Forwarding enabled in the
> > >> >sshdconfig file.  What are the other steps I need to accomplish?  the
> > >> >xhost+ and export DISPLAY 0.0:?  
> > >> >
> > >> >What would be the difference if I wanted to say have my local X
> > >session> >on cntl-alt-F7 anf the remote session appear on cntl-alt-F8? 
> > >Is thios> >possible?
> > >> >
> > ...
> > >> I enable forwarding in sshd_config using
> > >> 
> > >> X11Forwarding yes
> > >> 
> > >> and the call I use is
> > >> 
> > >> ssh -X servername
> > >> 
> > >> this runs the program on the server, but displays it on the client. 
> > >> Maybe not exactly what you want, but it's easy.
> > >> 
> > >
> > >This just gives me a text mode ssh session.  
> > 
> > Do you have a DISPLAY environment variable set in that ssh
> > session?  If so, you should be able to run X clients from that
> > session (e.g. run ``xeyes'').
> > 
> > NOTE:  Current versions of openssh require setting
> > ``ForwardX11Trusted yes'' in the ssh_config file.
> > 
> 
> Yes
> 
> I tried xeyes.  I get the "Can't open display :0.0" error.  What value
> should I set $DISPLAY to on the remote machine?
> 
> I tried startx and kdeinit says it can't start either.
> 

It's KDE. 
edit /usr/kde/3.2/share/config/kdm/Xservers
and remove -nolisten tcp


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