[clue-tech] remote X (forward) on gentoo amd64

Angelo Bertolli angelo at freeshell.org
Sun Sep 10 13:11:09 MDT 2006


Dave Price wrote:
> Maybe just one more issue (right)
>
> I have always been able to remote X apps by doing
>
> xhost +  (I know it is not secure)
> ssh -X remotehost
> ... run my X app, like eclipse, and it shows on my desktop
>
> For some reason, this is not working on gentoo/amd64
>
> tcpdump shows attempts to connect but no joy - any clues?
>
> I am running Xorg and fluxbox with a single display.
>
> I am not tunneling through a firewall -
Hmmm, I've never had to do xhost +.  All I do is set X Forwarding to 
"yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Angelo




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