x11 not working with SSH on virtual machine [closed]

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21465384

  •  05-10-2022
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Question

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on Oracle VirtualBox on a Windows 8 machine and whenever I try to display graphics while using SSH I get some error. For example, in GNUPLOT: gnuplot> plot sin(x)

gnuplot: unable to open display ''
gnuplot: X11 aborted.

I've tried using mplayer and evince and I get similar errors.

I've tried changing no to yes in

#  Forwardx11 yes$
#  Forwardx11Trusted yes$

in /etc/ssh/ssh_config

I've been able to forward the graphics from the same machine onto another without problem so I know the problem must be local. When I'm SSH'd in, $DISPLAY is blank

I've tried searching for solutions online, but I'm not finding much.

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Solution

I'm assuming that you're using some X window server in your Window8 like Xming. Have you tried to connect using "ssh -X name@machine"?

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