Connecting to remote host via putty

Question

I am getting the following error when i try to connect to a remote host.

Can't connect to X11 Windows server using "0:0" as the value of the display variable.

How do i get past it?

Other info:

Try not to export the DISPLAY option. It should be set automatically by ssh when X11 forwarding is turned on. — Dima Chubarov, Dec 17 '12 at 10:37
Did you verify x11 forwarding is enabled in your ssh server config? — Zoredache, Dec 17 '12 at 16:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '12 at 18:16

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Don't attempt to set the DISPLAY environment variable on the remote host. This is set automatically by ssh and should not be changed.

answered Dec 17 '12 at 18:16

Michael Hampton

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 15 '14 at 07:48

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X11 forwarding will work if the following conditions are met:

edited Mar 15 '14 at 07:48

Andrew Schulman

answered Mar 13 '14 at 12:13

Benoit

2 Answers2