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Old 03-30-2012
Can't open VirtualBox from Tera Term X11 error

Telnet into Solairs10 with Tera term. Go to sub /opt/VirtualBox and type
# VirtualBox
Failed to open the X11 display!

How do I open X11 display?
# 2  
Old 03-30-2012
That error means that VirtualBox can't open a graphical display. Since you've connected to the server with a terminal, this makes sense.

If you want the window to appear on your local machine, you will need to run your own local X11 server(you can install one using Cygwin) and enable X11-forwarding in tera term before you ssh in. Then, when tera-term logs in, it ought to set the DISPLAY variable on the remote side and allow VirtualBox to connect through SSH to your own local X server.
# 3  
Old 03-30-2012
You need to have X client (Example: Xming) installed. In addition to that you need to enable X11 forwarding on Tera Term.
# 4  
Old 03-30-2012
I do have Xming installed. Do I need it running? How do I enable X11 forwarding to Tera Term?
# 5  
Old 03-30-2012
Yes, Xming needs to be running.

To enable X11 forwarding in Tera Term, do this:

Start TeraTerm, click Setup, SSH Forwarding ..., make sure "X Forwarding" is active. After this save the setup (Setup, Save Setup ...), exit TeraTerm and restart it.
# 6  
Old 03-30-2012
Ok Xming is running in the background. I changed the settings in Tera Term and saved but still getting Failed to open the X11 display! Do I need to ADD in port forwarding?
# 7  
Old 03-30-2012
What port is xming running on?

What do you see when you do echo $DISPLAY ?
 
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