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yelp package

xclient from other computers can not appear on my screen

Asked by Markus

Hi all,

how can I allow to appear xclients from other linux pc`s on my screen. The default seems to block it.

I opened a ssh shell and try to open acroread.

(acroread:10792): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Thanks
Markus

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Soren Hansen (soren) said : 		#1

If possible (ie. you control both ends of the ssh connection), you should enable X11 forwarding on both ends.

On the server side this is done by setting "X11Forwarding yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and on the client side by either setting "ForwardX11 yes" in /etc/ssh/ssh_config, $HOME/.ssh/config or running the ssh command with the -X option.

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