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You also need xauth installed on the remote machine, otherwise the x authority stuff won't work.

Faheem Mitha
– Faheem Mitha

2011-05-06 18:22:10 +00:00
Commented May 6, 2011 at 18:22
What about setting DISPLAY?

Mr. Shickadance
– Mr. Shickadance

2011-05-06 18:36:10 +00:00
Commented May 6, 2011 at 18:36
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ssh will automatically set $DISPLAY if X11Forwarding is enabled and xauth is present on the client system.

Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI
– Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI

2011-05-06 18:58:47 +00:00
Commented May 6, 2011 at 18:58
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@Shadur Not for me. It works when I export DISPLAY=:10.0 but not otherwise. Otherwise, it complains that it cannot find :0. Maybe something else is needed for this to happen automatically?

cfr
– cfr

2017-03-06 17:39:08 +00:00
Commented Mar 6, 2017 at 17:39

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