X11 forwarding through SSH: Can't open display

[Peter Boosten]

sk89q wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 6.2 and I have been trying to get X11 forwarding
> through SSH to work. I've gotten to the point where the environment
> variable "DISPLAY" is set, but I get a "Can't open display" error when
> I attempt to run an X application. The remote server in question does
> not have an X server install.
> 
> In /etc/ssh/ssh_config, I have the following lines:
> X11Forwarding yes
> AllowTcpForwarding yes
> UseLogin no
> 

Have a look at /etc/ssh/sshd_config of the remote server and restart
sshd after modification.

Peter

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