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HomerSimpson
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 Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: |
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I configured etc-update to use gtkdiff. From within gnome I open a gnome-terminal, su root, then emerge/etc-update.
Now I am opening a terminal and using ssh to log in as root. I did this because I am caching the key via sshagent and can open a terminal as root without having to type a password. Now I get "Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:" when gtkdiff tries to run.
Can this be solved by doing X11 forwarding via SSH? If so is this just a config option in ssh_config?
Thx
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: |
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| HomerSimpson wrote: | | Can this be solved by doing X11 forwarding via SSH? If so is this just a config option in ssh_config? |
I don't know if using X11 forwarding will help you, but if I remember correctly, you can turn it on by running "ssh -X" instead of just "ssh". Refer to "man ssh". |
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HomerSimpson
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I turned on X11 forwarding on the server and ran ssh -X and that worked. Excellant! Thank you.
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| HomerSimpson wrote: | | I turned on X11 forwarding on the server and ran ssh -X and that worked. Excellant! Thank you. |
No problem. IIRC, the -z switch turns on compression, which might make things a bit snappier. |
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