Questions tagged [xforwarding]
For questions about forwarding X11 connections over SSH transport.
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X11 forwarding cannot type single or double quotes
I have a Windows machine were I am using X11 forwarding over SSH to a local Debian 13 (Openbox) machine. It is working fine but in any application I cannot press the characters " (double quotes) ...
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SSH X11 Forwarding Void Linux laptop and headless Raspberry pi zero 2w: which is client and which is server?
I have Void Linux with openssh-9.9p2_1 on my laptop.
And Raspberry PI Zero 2W with Raspbian Bullseye and openssh 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3.
I want to use the Raspberry Pi Zero to read data from the CAN bus ...
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~/.Xauthority not found with ssh
I am trying to figure out how to forward X11 over ssh without using -Y. Both systems run the latest version of stock arch linux with the yay aur helper. The server runs xorg with KDE plasma and the ...
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Forwarding X11 desktop from a Debian RISC-V board to my Manjaro x64 machine
I have a Milk-V Duo S running an image of Debian specifically designed to run on the Sophgo SG2000 chip, made by Fishwaldo. I'm able to ssh -X into it via my Manjaro machine (which uses KDE Plasma) ...
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Launching Blender with x-forwarding fails
I am trying to run Blender 3.6.5 in a remote server using x-forwarding. The server as installed the base x11 and mesa packages, as well as freetype package.
user@server:~$ sudo apt install -y
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How can I run GUI applications in an X-forwarded GNOME Terminal instance?
I usually work in an X-forwarded GNOME Terminal session, which I launch like this:
local-machine$ ssh -X remote-machine gnome-terminal
I do this instead of running SSH in my local terminal because it ...
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Why 'xauth list' doesn't show a TCP socket after ssh-X
I have a very little experience in linux, but these days, I was trying to understand a bit more about ssh and X forwarding. I use an SBC (orange pi zero 2) as a home server under debian.
I usually ssh ...
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Failed to start chromium on a X-forwarded ssh connection
When I tried to start chromium, I had error messages :
$ chromium
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
[10139:10139:0321/173002.675673:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(234)] Missing X ...
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ssh -X doesn't make X11 work
If I ssh -X from my ubuntu machine into my work linux computer and then try to run emacs I get:
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
Is there any way to fix that without being ...
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RFC: ssh -X to run a java app on login via SHELL variable, security and other issues?
I have a java application (not applet) which I run via a script which contains just this:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/java -classpath /A/B.jar:/X/Y.jar MyApp.Go -p 1 -p 2 -p 3
This app, during initialisation, ...
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X11 forwarding in nested SSH connection
I am aware that X11 forwarding is a pretty hot topic. I have not found the solution to my problem anywhere though, even by searching and following the suggestions of several threads on StackExchange.
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X forwarding is interrupted while ssh stays connected
From my main host[A] (with a screen), I ssh into a relay computer[B] (with -X) from where I log into the target machine[C] (again with -X) and X forwarding seems to work well for a while. After ...
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why does forwarding X11 over reverse ssh tunnel not work properly
I have a host which I want to access through reverse ssh and I also want to forward X11.
So I did this on the remote host:
ssh -X -R 43022:localhost:22 usr@myhost -p 2222
and I can connect fine with ...
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X11 forwarding, how to force audio to the host?
i am connecting from a laptop:
$ uname -a
Linux fedora 5.11.18-200.fc33.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 3 15:05:29 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
to a single-board-computer:
$ uname -a
Linux mobian 5....
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How To: X11 Forwarding
I am following this article but the gedit isn't posting. I am trying to get firefox to display on a remote server to my laptop.
[orca@orcacomputers ~]$ firefox
X11 connection rejected because of wrong ...
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