How to export DISPLAY onto another linux host's Xserver

Question

I use Xming for running Xserver on the windows machine and that works just fine.

export DISPLAY=<windows_host_IPAddr>:0.0

But I want to export the display onto another Linux host.

export DISPLAY=<linux_host_IPAddr>:0.0

I am running the OpenSUSE and I think Xorg should do the job. 

If there is any Xming equivalent packages for Linux, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You need to enable the remote X sessions on your SuSe box. So, login at your desktop, open the shell, and type:

xhost +<IP_address_of_server>

Where your IP_address_of_server is the address of your machine where you are starting the actual program (so you allow incoming X connections).

However, this is so secure, so the best option may be to use SSH and X-forwarding. Then, on the SuSe box, you should open a terminal and type in the following:

ssh -X <account>@<IP_address_of_server>

Then, in an ssh session start the X program without any DISPLAY options, and your output should appear on the local desktop.

In case you have trouble with your -X option, you may try your -Y one, but see the manual page of ssh for details.

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