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edited Aug 1, 2014 at 9:31

polym

I tryed almost everything and was about to give up on ubuntu12.04 as regards X11 forwarding.

when I decided to try a few off the wall ideas that were like things I had read. All I ended up needing was to stop X11useLocalhost.

You need to add: X11UseLocalhost noAdd X11UseLocalhost no to /etc/ssh/sshd_config/etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart the SSH server.

ifIf you get no DISPLAY set and, check if xauth is installed correctly and then try it again.

RHE/CEntos doesntdoesn't have this issue, this is a UBUNTUUbuntu thing!

I tryed almost everything and was about to give up on ubuntu12.04 as regards X11 forwarding.

when I decided to try a few off the wall ideas that were like things I had read. All I ended up needing was to stop X11useLocalhost.

You need to add: X11UseLocalhost no to /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart the SSH server

if you get no DISPLAY set and xauth is installed correctly try it.

RHE/CEntos doesnt have this issue, this is a UBUNTU thing!

Add X11UseLocalhost no to /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart the SSH server.

If you get no DISPLAY, check if xauth is installed correctly and then try it again.

RHE/CEntos doesn't have this issue, this is a Ubuntu thing!

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answered Aug 1, 2014 at 9:28

stephen cooke

I tryed almost everything and was about to give up on ubuntu12.04 as regards X11 forwarding.

when I decided to try a few off the wall ideas that were like things I had read. All I ended up needing was to stop X11useLocalhost.

You need to add: X11UseLocalhost no to /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart the SSH server

if you get no DISPLAY set and xauth is installed correctly try it.

RHE/CEntos doesnt have this issue, this is a UBUNTU thing!