Re: [Vserver] X tunnelling through ssh not working

From: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink_at_gmx.de>
Date: Fri 21 Apr 2006 - 01:44:58 BST
Message-ID: <20060421004458.GA5405@atjola.homenet>

On 2006.04.21 10:20:29 +1000, Tony Lewis wrote:
> Using a dapper guest (under a dapper host), I can't get "ssh -X" working.
>
> I've read this: http://linux-vserver.org/Vservers+and+X, and I've read
> this: http://list.linux-vserver.org/archive/vserver/msg00982.html.
>
> Relevant config snippet:
>
> X11Forwarding yes
> X11DisplayOffset 10
> X11UseLocalhost no
>
> But it doesn't work:
>
> tony@argon:~$ ssh -X tony@192.168.18.137
> tony@192.168.18.137's password:
> Debian GNU/Linux (dapper/i686) mythtv.home
> Last login: Fri Apr 21 00:15:37 2006 from 10.8.0.16
> tony@mythtv:~$ echo $DISPLAY
>
> tony@mythtv:~$
>
> I've restarted the service, I've even rebooted the vserver guest. I've
> created other users and tried them. No difference. If I ssh into the
> vserver *host*, $DISPLAY is good.
>
> Any clues?

On Debian, you need to install the xbase-clients package (as suggested by
the ssh package), to get the necessary tools installed, I guess it's the
same thing on Ubuntu.

HTH
Björn
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