In attempting to SSH forward X from a remote Linux X server to a Local one I have encountered
a few problems. I have setup SSH properly and can SSH from any machine on my LAN to any other.
Sftp and SCP work properly also.
I have tried to SSH -X user@machine from within kconsole on a machine already running KDE.
Connection is made, but when I run "startx" (on the remote server), I get a slew of info messages
and the process hangs (in kconsole). I just don't get any output on my screen. Below, is a partial
output from Xorg.0.log on the remote (server):
Code:
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/chipper:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.13 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux chipper 2.4.31 #9 Fri May 16 11:12:21 CDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 11 September 2005
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: Sat May 17 09:07:42 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
.......
This doesn't really tell me anything since there are no FATAL's in the log and KDE
appears to be running on the remote machine (server).
sshd_config on the remote server is set up like this:
Code:
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes
ssh_config on the local machine contains the following:
Code:
ForwardAgent yes
ForwardX11 yes
I am not trying to export the display variable on the remote server since SSH is
supposed to care of that internally according to documentation.
I have read that I should not start KDE on the local machine, since it is a resource hog
but simply try to start the X server and an xterm and SSH to the remote server from there.
However, I have not been able to setup xinit properly to run only an xterm. I have tried
to use a default by removing "start kde" from my ~/.xinitrc but this results in a fatal
error:
Code:
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/amdk7:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.0 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux amdk7 2.6.21.5-amdk7 #6 Fri May 16 11:23:17 CDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 09 May 2007
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: Sat May 17 10:30:38 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) module already built-in
(II) module already built-in
(II) module already built-in
FATAL: Module mga not found
(EE) MGA(0): [drm] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
I then use Ctrl-C to exit.
'unable to open socket for inet6" isn't causing the problem so just ignore it.
The documentation on starting an xterm with the X server seems muddled to me, so
if anyone can clear it up I would appreciate it.
I'm just not sure why two systems which run 'X' without problems cannot connect
through SSH and employ X11 forwarding as advertised. Perhaps I'm just doing it
wrong, but other posts on this site would suggest I am doing it properly.
Any suggestions?
