try to setting DISPLAY to the ip of the system you are running the x client on:0.0
i.e. export DISPLAY=10.10.10.10:0.0 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Henderson Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:47 PM To: Solaris-Users mailing list Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] [Solaris 10] smc GUI over ssh On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Romeo Ninov <[email protected]> wrote: > Try to export variable on this way: > DISPLAY=localhost:11.0;export DISPLAY tried and it gives the same error. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Henderson > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Solaris-Users] [Solaris 10] smc GUI over ssh > > I am trying to start the GUI /usr/sbin/smc over SSH. But I get error: > "It appears you are attempting to run the graphical Solaris Management > Console from a terminal which does not have a suitable 'DISPLAY' > environment. Please check your 'DISPLAY' > settings and that the user identity of this terminal has access to the > X server of this display." > > I am doing ssh -X usern...@server and then "su" to become root and > type: smc > > On the server's sshd_config I have: > > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > X11UseLocalhost yes > > On the client's sshd_config > > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > X11UseLocalhost yes > > As root, if I type: echo $DISPLAY I get blank. As normal user (the use > I ssh as), if I type echo $DISPLAY I also get blank. > > The shell for both the normal user and root is /bin/sh > > If I try to set display "export DISPLAY=localhost:11.0" or export > DISPLAY=localhost I get error: DISPLAY=localhost:11.0: is not an > identifier. Also tried "export DISPLAY=client's_ip_address:0" - get > the same error. > > Before I ssh'd to the server I also tried typing xhost + (on the > client) with no luck. > > sshd has been restarted on both the client and server. > > Thanks for any help. _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
