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Old 08-31-2009
Xwindows not working
Hi

I am trying to run a program on a solaris bx that requires an xwindow. I have exceed running and X11 forwarding enabled in putty I sent my display but the output is can't open display.

To connect to the server I ssh to a jump host and ssh to the server and then su to root. Could this have an affect on the xwindows not working? Do i need to do anthing to the MIT cookie?

Server
Quote:
SunOS FMS0-PRE-FR 5.10 Generic_118833-17 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000
Commands
Quote:
[root@FMS /]# export DISPLAY=10.40.119.105:0.0
[root@FMS /]# xclock
Error: Can't open display: 10.40.119.105:0.0
[root@FMS /]#
There is a 2 minute pause between executing xclock and the error occurring.

Xauth
Quote:
[root@FMS /]# xauth list
FMS /unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 836b4dca8527f29d9de04189526cbe97
[root@FMS /]#
Any help would be greatly appreciated
# 2  
Old 08-31-2009
Is 10.40.119.105 your local machine? If so, run "xhost + <server-ip>" and try again.

Alternatively, SSH supports X11 forwarding, eg:
Code:
desktop$ ssh -X server1
server1$ ssh -X server2
server2$ xclock

Should do what you want.
# 3  
Old 08-31-2009
yep 10.40.119.105 is my local machine

Quote:
[root@FMS etc]# xhost + 10.48.4.131
xhost: unable to open display "10.40.119.105:0.0"
If I try the method

Quote:
desktop$ ssh -X server1
server1$ ssh -X server2
server2$ xclock
I get the same error

Quote:
[root@FMS /]# export DISPLAY=10.40.119.105:0.0
[root@FMS /]# xclock
Error: Can't open display: 10.40.119.105:0.0
What is weird is that when I run xclock or xhost there is a 2-3 min wait before the error occurs
# 4  
Old 08-31-2009
You didn't quite follow it. When you use SSH with X11 forwarding, you don't have to set the DISPLAY variable, it gets set by sshd prior to spawning a shell. Any X11 traffic from there on will be tunneled through the SSH connection. When you login to server2 using "ssh -X", enter xclock, without explicitly setting the DISPLAY again.
# 5  
Old 08-31-2009
Just tried that and I got
Quote:
[root@FMS /]# xclock
Error: Can't open display:
 
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