[chucker8]

computerA is RedHat 4.

from my box, I ssh as root into computerA

when i try to run gedit (/usr/bin/gedit) , I get:

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

I set my display to be localhost:10.0, and even my IP:0.0 and I did xhost + on my box.

Now, I can get this to work with X forwarding:

ssh -X root@computerA

when I echo $DISPLAY after the X forwarding, I get localhost:10.0

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Why is this only working using X11 forwarding? how do I get X windows to work with just ssh ?

thanks

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here's tail of /var/log/messages:
Aug 17 14:20:01 tpx22 crond(pam_unix)[8322]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Aug 17 14:20:01 tpx22 crond(pam_unix)[8322]: session closed for user root
Aug 17 14:24:58 tpx22 sshd(pam_unix)[8331]: session opened for user root by root(uid=0)
Aug 17 14:25:13 tpx22 gconfd (root-8366): starting (version 2.8.1), pid 8366 user 'root'
Aug 17 14:25:13 tpx22 gconfd (root-8366): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Aug 17 14:25:13 tpx22 gconfd (root-8366): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Aug 17 14:25:13 tpx22 gconfd (root-8366): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Aug 17 14:25:44 tpx22 sshd(pam_unix)[8375]: session opened for user root by root(uid=0)

[O111111O]

Why not use X11 forwarding? It sets the display for you properly.

Are you running iptables on your system you're trying to export display to? You need UDP6000 inbound if that's the case.

Also, how are you setting display? Methinks yourip0.0 won't work, I'd suggest that when you log in to your local desktop you see what your display session is running at. 0.0 typically only works on Winders systems.