GUI over SSH problem

Question

I'm trying to run Midori on my Raspberry Pi over SSH and I would like it to appear on the screen of my PC. (The PC runs Xubuntu.) I tried to follow instructions like this, but I still can't see the browser appearing on my screen.

• I do use ssh -X
• X11Forwarding yes is set on the Raspberry
• xauth is installed on the Raspberry
• I even tried to set X11UseLocalhost no on the device

And then if I run DISPLAY=:0 midori I get debug messages like

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-menu-bar-popup-delay after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-can-change-accels after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-menu-popup-delay after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-menu-popdown-delay after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-label-select-on-focus after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-menu-images after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-button-images after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-scrolled-window-placement after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-entry-select-on-focus after class was initialised

(midori:11871): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GtkSettings::gtk-entry-password-hint-timeout after class was initialised

Which I guess is OK, but then nothing else happens.

What did I do wrong?

Answer 1

You have to use Upper-case X not a lower case x

ssh -X

to enable X11 tunneling over SSH.

Also on host you are connecting from do:

export DISPLAY=<ip of your host from where you ssh from>:0

xhost +

to allow incoming X11 connection from any host