Can't Open Display - X11 Forwarding - Cent OS

Question

Trying to access X11 my CentOS 6 x32 small Linode VPS through SSH Putty/Xming (enabled X11 forwarding on options).

My windows machine is not the problem since it works with others CentOS Servers.

X11Forwarding is enabled on /etc/ssh/sshd_config, still I can't get X11 forwarding.

I'm trying to get xclock to work, but I get Can't open display :0.0 error.

I've also tried with different $DISPLAY values like :0 or :10.0

I've tried MobaXterm, and I get this message when connecting:

X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0

Not sure what the CentOS equivalent is, but have you install the xbase-clients? This should include xauth, and a few other required libraries? — Zoredache, Sep 07 '12 at 16:35

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '12 at 18:44

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Here (Red Hat Login required) is a Tech Brief article from a fellow Red Hat consultant which discusses the minimum packages needed for X-Windows to work for SSH connections.

The key points are:

1) Install the following:
xorg-x11-xauth
xorg-x11-fonts-*
xorg-x11-utils
2) Enable the following in the sshd_config file
X11Forwarding yes
3) Use an appropriate X-Server on your desktop

answered Sep 07 '12 at 18:44

Red Tux

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You save me days!!! – zzy Aug 28 '15 at 04:59

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '12 at 18:31

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Installed this package: xorg-x11-xauth

Got solution from here.

Thanks for your help!

answered Sep 07 '12 at 18:31

jacktrades

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The bug report was helpfull ! The solution for me was to change the _sshd_config_ to read `AddressFamily inet` as I had deactivated ipv6 via sysctl... – Julien Nov 01 '13 at 10:43

Can't Open Display - X11 Forwarding - Cent OS

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