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dmcblue

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Registered: 2019-10-28

Posts: 9

Ranger Image Previews over SSH

Ranger isn't displaying image previews over ssh. I'm assuming I just missed some basic step. Not sure how to debug effectively and I've fiddled so much with everything, I'm not sure what would be the most helpful info.

Host `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`

[...]
X11Forwarding yes
X11UseLocalhost yes
[...]

Host `~/.config/ranger/rc.conf`

set preview_images true
set preview_images_method ueberzug

(Client `~/.config/ranger/rc.conf` is the same)

Using `ssh -X [host ip on LAN]` (same username on client/host), `feh` works fine showing images over ssh. But ranger doesn't show an image preview. Locally, using the same ranger settings, previews shows just fine.

Sorry if there's any obvious configs/details/logs I'm neglecting to post, just let me know what would be helpful.

Last edited by dmcblue (2022-07-17 20:38:16)

qinohe

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2012-06-20

Posts: 1,596

Re: Ranger Image Previews over SSH

Have used ranger often enough for remote sessions but never for image previews..
However, there are quite a few preview methods like 'w3m' or 'mpv' for you to try.
https://github.com/ranger/ranger/wiki/Image-Previews
No idea if any of these methods actually work for you but worth a try .. if you didn't already!
Welcome to Arch;)