On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 11:54, Syed Ali wrote: > The exact error is "Error: Can't open display:linuxbox:0.0" > > > > Hello, > > I am using fedora core 3 and am having a problem with X11 forwarding. > > When I telnet from my fedora box to a solaris box and then try to run an > x app on the solaris box, I get an error message saying 'can't export > display'. > > However, when I ssh -X from my fedora box to another linux box and then > try to run an x app on the other linux box, the x app works fine. > > I have made sure I had xhost + solarisbox on my fedora box, and also > that selinux was disabled. > I have also tried to export DISPLAY=linuxbox:0.0 using the linuxbox > hostname and IP address. > > Any help would be appreciates, thanks. > > You probably need to set the DISPLAY variable to localhost:10.0 after connecting to the remote host. ssh does this for you when you use the -X or -Y options. You can confirm this by using ssh and then echo $DISPLAY to see what it gets set to.
