On 9/28/2004 1:12 PM, I believe that Doru-Catalin Togea wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am running FC2. I have a Win XP box and I want to connect to my linux
> machine via ssh. I am using the F-Secure client on windows. I can connect,
> but I can not start programs with GUI. In my windows client I have checked
> the "Tunnel X11 connections" box.
>

What *exactly* is the Windows client you are using?
A cursory examination of the f-secure.com website indicates that they
have some sort of partnership with WRQ, makers of Reflection. Are you
running the Reflection software?

> When I type "emacs &", I get
>
> Connection lost to X server `localhost:11.0'
>
> I guess I have to set up something on the linux machine, but what? I have
> "ForwardX11 yes" at the end of /etc/ssh/ssh_config, and "X11Forwarding
> yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
>
> My /etc/hosts says only:
>
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
>
> What else is there to do to enable X forwarding?
>
> Thanks,
> Catalin
>

Assuming you are running the correct client software, what is your
X11DisplayOffset in /etc/ssh/sshd_config?

I doubt your /etc/hosts file is affecting things...

HTH,
Tim