Since I am on Ubuntu, I'll try to have X11 forwarding through ssh on a remote desktop. But unfortunately it does not work.
Before I do this :
ssh -X username@hostname
and then for example :
gedit
But now under Ubuntu 15.10 It does not work and I have this message :
$ gedit Failed to connect to **Mir**: Failed to connect to server socket: No files or folders of this type Unable to init server: Unable to connect: Connection refused
(gedit:2492): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
So my question is how to have X11 forwarding through ssh ?
Best Answer
You need to enable X-Forwarding in the SSH server configuration, in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
It should look like:
Uncomment any comments before this line.
After restarting the SSH Server everything should works fine.