https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704356 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704356#c0 Summary: ssh X11 forwarding not functionning Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.4 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Usability AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: laurent.henry@ehess.fr QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; fr; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100506 SUSE/3.5.10-0.1 Firefox/3.5.10 While connecting to my server (opensuse 11.4 X86-64) with ssh -X i can't launch any graphical software. I experienced it before with this install but only from time to time, not knowing what was going wrong. Now it happens everytime. I try things like this without really understanding what is going wrong: ssh -X root@temuco.ehess.fr Password: Last login: Thu Jul 7 11:39:53 2011 from sahara.annexus.ehess.fr Have a lot of fun... temuco:~ # cat /etc/SuSE-release openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) VERSION = 11.4 CODENAME = Celadon temuco:~ # firefox Error: no display specified temuco:~ # echo $DISPLAY temuco:~ # grep X11 /etc/ssh/sshd_config X11Forwarding yes temuco:~ # export DISPLAY="localhost:0.0" temuco:~ # firefox Error: cannot open display: localhost:0.0 temuco:~ # export DISPLAY="localhost:10.0" temuco:~ # firefox Error: cannot open display: localhost:10.0 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.ssh -X server 2.launch a graphic app (i use yast2 or firefox) 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.