Public bug reported: The client machine is a Karmic koala that DOES ssh forwarding ok against othe servers (mostly fedoras or Ubuntu Hardy desktops) [The problem IS NOT ON THE client side, as it does the jobs correctly against other servers]
The failing (ssh) server machine is a Ubuntu Hardy LTS "SERVER edition" (NOT desktop) freshly installed from the CD (not upgraded) The xauth package is installed and created the .Xauthority user file becuase X11Forwarding is already enabled in sshd_config on that server. The local port 6010 is listening for conntections (you can telnet localshot 6010 to it) AND the DISPLAY variable is correctly set to "localhost:10.0" BUT... IT STILL DOES NOT WORK!!! gedit and xhost complain: $ gedit cannot open display: Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options. ad...@madcvd01lnx:~$ gedit --display=$DISPLAY cannot open display: localhost:10.0 Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options. ad...@madcvd01lnx:~$ xhost xhost: unable to open display "localhost:10.0" Do I need to install something more on the SERVER LTS edition to enable X11forwarding aprt from xauth and the sshd_config? [Remember that this is not a Hardy desktop, but a server with much less installed packages by default] ** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Hardy 8.04.3 openssh does not forward X11 always cannot open display https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481203 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs