xhost

[Marek Pawinski]

Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> Marek Pawinski wrote:
>> I did some updates just now and since i have rebooted i am unable to run
>> any apps like kwrite remotely from my desktop through a ssh session.
>>
>> I have tried xhost +<IP> but still get an error of "cannot connect to X
>> server"
> 
> If you tell the list what exactly you did, it will propably be much easier for 
> the people reading this list to help you.
> How did you connect to the remote machine? For example
> ssh -X <host>
> or
> ssh -Y <host>?
> If you neither use "-X" nor "-Y" is "ForwardX11" set to "yes" in the local 
> ssh_config?
> Is the DISPLAY environment variable appropriately set on the remote machine?
> Does the sshd_config on the remote machine allow X11Forwarding?
> Is the error message above really complete? No hint which X server the remote 
> app fails to connect to?
> 
> Regards
>   mks
> 
> 

"ssh -X 192.168.1.107" now works, thanx, and i can bring up kwrite, why 
has this changed when i just used "ssh 192.168.1.107" only before the 
update.

What does this X and Y mean ?

"ForwardX11" was set to yes.