Re: X11 Forwarding from FreeBSD Qemu Guest to Linux Host

Reply: Jishan Alam : "Re: X11 Forwarding from FreeBSD Qemu Guest to Linux Host"
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From: <fatty.merchandise677_at_aceecat.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:28:36 UTC

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 09:19:40PM +0530, Jishan Alam wrote:

> 5. Tried with verbose output
>     ssh -vv -X user@localhost -p 2222

This reads quite clear to me:

> debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward X11.

You need to install the package or port that contains xauth in the
guest system.  On my Ubuntu desktop, it's in its own package "xauth".

-- 
Ian