How does one use X forwarding properly? I got a server running CentOS 6.3 at runlevel 3 (no DE installed) I try to access virt-manager via x-forwarding from another CentOS 6.3 client in my network (runlevel 5 with default gnome) on The server i changed my sshd_config: X11Forwarding yes i installed xauth on both of the machines. Anything else there is to do? When i try to: ssh -X root at server virt-manager I still get the following error message: RuntimeError: could not open display Which is in fact a message i get with every graphical programm i try to run through that. So I guess it's an error in my ssh configuration. Any tips?
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 9:49 AM, skull <skull17 at gmx.ch> wrote:> How does one use X forwarding properly? > ... > > Anything else there is to do? > When i try to: > ssh -X root at server virt-manager > >Just to be sure, you are in an xterm with DISPLAY set to the local X-Server before issuing the ssh? Try substitute -Y for -X, like: ssh -Y root at server When you are logged in to the server, what is DISPLAY set to?
Am 02.02.2013 16:45, schrieb Brett Serkez:> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 9:49 AM, skull <skull17 at gmx.ch> wrote: > >> How does one use X forwarding properly? >> ... >> >> Anything else there is to do? >> When i try to: >> ssh -X root at server virt-manager >> >> > Just to be sure, you are in an xterm with DISPLAY set to the local X-Server > before issuing the ssh? > > Try substitute -Y for -X, like: ssh -Y root at server > > When you are logged in to the server, what is DISPLAY set to? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >Actually it seems that i forgot to change the ssh_config (client) options properly. Shame on me. But for some reason libvirtd also needed a restart to actually launch virt-manager through(with?) x-forwarding. thx for the answer anyway.