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K-radical

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Registered: 2009-10-05

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[SOLVED] startkde over SSH

I have Arch running kde as a home server.  I'm trying to SSH in from my laptop( this should mater by my laptop is running Ubuntu).  From my laptop I open up a new display on vt 8 with

xinit -- :1 vt8

ctrl + alt + f8

from tty8 I ssh into my Arch box with:

ssh -2X 192.168.1.100

when i run 'startkde'

I get

$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server.

What am I missing?

EDIT:
Well this is embarsing.  I guess it would have helped if I would have configured my SSHD to allow X11-forwarding.  Sorry to have wasted everyones time

Last edited by K-radical (2010-07-25 02:19:13)

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Re: [SOLVED] startkde over SSH

I have Arch running kde as a home server.  I'm trying to SSH in from my laptop( this should mater by my laptop is running Ubuntu).  From my laptop I open up a new display on vt 8 with

xinit -- :1 vt8

ctrl + alt + f8

from tty8 I ssh into my Arch box with:

ssh -2X 192.168.1.100

when i run 'startkde'

I get

$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server.

What am I missing?

EDIT:
Well this is embarsing.  I guess it would have helped if I would have configured my SSHD to allow X11-forwarding.  Sorry to have wasted everyones time

It's no waste since you have outlined the process, others who take the time to search will benefit from this information.

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