Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (888 mails)

[Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 20 Jan 2011 14:52:11 benefici@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
> I have just installed openSUSE 11.3 on a PC, basically did a minimal X
> install. However, when I ssh to this box with ssh -X <host>, I cannot run X
> applications, e.g. xterm. I get:
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
> xterm:  DISPLAY is not set
>
> The problem is probably on the remote PC because I can use X forwarding
> from the same client to other remote hosts. Maybe a required package is
> missing? Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom

Tom,

This is not an answer to the question you've asked, but have you tried sshfs? 
It allows you to mount a remote filesystem locally, and I find it runs stuff 
faster than ssh -X, because the program is running on your local machine, and 
only data gets moved over the link.

Usage:

~> sshfs remotehost:/home/you mountpoint
~> fusermount -u mountpoint                             # to unmount

Bob
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