Try running ssh in verbose mode (add "-v" to the command-line). The output should help to pinpoint what's failing.
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 03:21:34PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > I've got a Sid box at home, and one in the office. > > At home, I'm on Cox Cable, going through a Netgear > router/switch/firewall, then through a SurfBoard cable modem. > > At the office, I'm on a LAN connected via T1s to the world. > > I can do "ssh -X canaan.acu.edu" from home, and log onto this Solaris > box at work, and run X apps remotely, displaying them to my home X > display. > > I can do :ssh -X westek.acu.edu" from home, and log onto this Sid box > at work, and can *not* run X apps remotely; instead, I get the error > message: > > ==== > westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview & > [1] 9885 > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > [1]+ Exit 1 gqview > ==== > > Can anyone tell me how to forward X apps from my ofice Sid box to my > home Sid box? > Thanks! > > Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
