Scott, It doesn't work, same as Putty.
>From Cameron's response, It seems I have to install something on my local machines?? Leo ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: Re: How to run X over SSH? > Leo, > I ran into this same situation myself a while back. > The trick is to enable IP tunneling via your SSH software. > > I use SecureCRT from Van Dyke Software, and it works great. > When you set up a SSH2 connection, you need to get to the configuration section dealing with Port Forwarding, and toggle the selection for X11 Forwarding, or Forward X11 Packets. > > According to the SecureCRT documentation, > "Selecting this option causes SecureCRT to request that the remote machine forward X11 data to the X Server running on the local machine." > > Hope this works for you, > Scott Lockhart > > >Hello > > > >I am running RH8. I tried to run X remotely over ssh, the following message is displayed on my Putty, and it hangs. I have to use Ctrl+C to terminate. Any idea about how to run X over ssh? > > > >Leo > > > >Message: > > > >[root@localhost root]# startx > > > > > >XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System > >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > >Release Date: 23 January 2002 > > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > >Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF] > >Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com > > > >Module Loader present > >OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-19.8.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Thu Dec 12 05:39:29 EST 2002 > >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > >(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 30 14:22:46 2003 > >(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" > >SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost:/tmp/.ICE-unix/13370 > >Loaded background '0x809cb78 > >AUDIT: Thu Jan 30 14:22:59 2003: 13367 X: client 5 rejected from local host > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
