Hannes,
Hopefully you won't have as much trouble as I had doing this!
1) You have to run an Xwindows server on your local machine. (I got very
confused here). In my case, I have a Mac, so I found MI/X: a freeware
windows manager /server. There are ones for WIN, and if you're running
Linux, you have it built in.
2) Since I was using SSH2 to tunnel to the distant Linux box, I set the
IP address of the remote box (host) in the MI/X software to 127.0.0.1. -
the local loopback address for all machines. I also set the "allow
remote host" address for connections to 127.0.0.1 in the MI/X software.
The SS2 connection is between your box and the true IP address (or
domain name) of the remote box.
So it should look something like this:
------- L O C A L -------- ------- R E M O T E --------
|
MI/X <--> 127.0.0.1 <--> SS2 client | SS2D <--> Linux OS
3) I created the SSH tunnel on port 23, Telnet.
4) I set up the remote box as others have indicated,
[me@the_remote_box]$ export DISPLAY= 208.61.144.247:0.0
(the IP address of my local local machine)
5) On the remote box, I started an xserver session:
[me@the_remote_box]$ xserver &
6) In a few seconds, the Xserver window popped up and I could start other
Xapplications from that xserver window.
I hope this helps. Eric.
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Eric Moore
Miami, Florida
Hannes Kurth wrote:
>hi
>how can i start x-applications via ssh2? he tells me cannot open display
>athlon(the server):11.0
>
>hannes
>
