Rather than trying to ssh tunnel + X, why not vpn into one of the machines, that would allow you to be local and you can then ssh to each machine on the lan from your local.
-- Jeremy McSpadden def...@uberpenguin.net On May 22, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > I'm on a Gentoo box here and ssh'ed into a remote network at my > folks house. When I log into the Gentoo machine that the router points > to (my dad's desktop) I have no problem displaying an X app > (gnome-terminal for instance) running on that machine here on my > screen. However when I ssh from that machine into another machine on > the network I am unable to get an X app to display here due to dbus > and/or X problems: > > mark@gandalf ~ $ ssh -X -Y -C laptop > Password: > Last login: Sun May 22 03:50:07 PDT 2011 from 192.168.1.2 on pts/0 > mark@laptop1 ~ $ konsole > <unknown program name>(4454)/: KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the > D-Bus session server: "/usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally > with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. > " > > <unknown program name>(4453)/: KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly. > > mark@laptop1 ~ $ systemsettings > systemsettings(4457): KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus > session server: "/usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the > following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. > " > > systemsettings(4456): KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly. > > mark@laptop1 ~ $ su - > Password: > laptop1 ~ # rc-update show > acpid | default > bootmisc | boot > checkfs | boot > checkroot | boot > clock | boot > consolefont | boot > dbus | default > hald | default > hostname | boot > keymaps | boot > local | default nonetwork > localmount | boot > modules | boot > net.lo | boot > netmount | default > ntpd | default > rmnologin | boot > sshd | default > syslog-ng | default > udev-postmount | default > urandom | boot > vixie-cron | default > xdm | default > laptop1 ~ # > > > Is there an obvious fix to this? All the machines are ssh > configured to do X forwarding and when the laptop was here (my mom's > laptop which I configured for her) I was able to ssh into it and > display stuff so I assume it's something to do with the machine in the > middle? > > Thanks in advance, > Mark > > >
