That's exactly what I have been doing. The error I get is in one of those "ssh -X" forwarded sessions.
Here's the transcript of my attempt. [rh laptop: /home/rh]$ ssh -X -l rh domU_s2.internal.loc X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0 Last login: Tue Jan 10 10:11:10 2012 from 192.168.1.17 [rh domU_s2: /home/rh]$ xterm Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org