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  • Please edit your question to include exactly how you are ssh'ing to the remote host - including any command line options Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 22:20
  • I believe those messages are not related to the X11 issue at all. If they are, it is not obvious. Please do provide the details, both the ssh command line and the command you execute on the remote system that starts an X11 application. I don't think you need to set DISPLAY if you use the X forwarding feature of the ssh client, but I may be mistaken. Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 10:39