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Old 09-03-2009, 01:48 AM   #1
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Unhappy Xming/ DISPLAY not working!


Here is my current setup...I'm on a winxp box right now with xming installed on it and putty installed...

Putty is configured for x11 forwarding on the particular server that I am connecting to

the server itself has a sshd_config file that looks like this:

...
# Accept locale-related environment variables
AcceptEnv LANG LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES
AcceptEnv LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE LC_MEASUREMENT
AcceptEnv LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL
#AllowTcpForwarding yes
#GatewayPorts no
X11Forwarding yes
#X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes
#PrintMotd yes
#PrintLastLog yes
#TCPKeepAlive yes
#UseLogin no
#UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
...


...and a display variable that looks like this:

[root@blah]# echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0

but when I try to run anything it keeps saying display not found (or in the case of firefox no error at all)

[root@blah]# firefox
[root@blah]#

[root@blah]# startx
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.2938


X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Fedora 8 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux blah.2.6.26.8-57.fc8 #1 SMP Thu Dec 18 19:19:45 EST 2008 i686
Build Date: 24 July 2008
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-47.fc8
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Sep 2 23:51:26 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found



Can someone please help!

Last edited by ifeatu; 09-03-2009 at 09:46 AM.
 
Old 09-03-2009, 01:53 AM   #2
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Well localhost display says that it will run all the applications on localhost i.e the server where ssh is running. And if the system is running in runlevel 3 then it will not give you the display or will run firefox. You will need the server to be running X.
 
Old 09-03-2009, 09:36 AM   #3
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Well localhost display says that it will run all the applications on localhost i.e the server where ssh is running. And if the system is running in runlevel 3 then it will not give you the display or will run firefox. You will need the server to be running X.
Why would I need x running on the server if I have xming running on the windows client from which I am connecting...I am trying to export the display over ssh...
 
Old 09-04-2009, 12:16 AM   #4
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But the display still shows localhost. How can it display on localhost if there is no X running?
 
  


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