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Cornholio

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Registered: 2007-09-26

Posts: 38

[solved] X forwarding inside virtualbox guest

hi, this is my configuration:

virtualbox4.0
host: windows7 sp1
guest: arch linux (updated)

I've installed and configured ssh server in arch... I had to set port forwarding to let windows connect to arch (windows:2222 ---->  arch:22) (I use the default NAT network in virtualbox)

So far, it's all ok.. I can connect with windows to arch with no problems..

Now I've installed xming on windows.. tried to do X forwarding with a test server, which works for sure, no problems again.

Finally I tried to connect to arch guest using X forward, and everytime I get "unable to open display, DISPLAY is not set" with all gui commands.
obviously I can open a command in the guest Xorg, but I'm not able to connect to xming.
maybe it's an sshd misconfiguration... this is my config (I followed archwiki):

http://nopaste.info/bfba65c945.html

any suggestion?

Last edited by Cornholio (2011-09-16 19:10:48)

Cornholio

Member

Registered: 2007-09-26

Posts: 38

Re: [solved] X forwarding inside virtualbox guest

oh wait, lol.
I didn't configure putty correctly. solved.