Xterm giving error that DISPLAY is not set

$ xterm
xterm: Xt error: Can't open display:
xterm: DISPLAY is not set

I connect to the server using ssh -X user@server. DISPLAY is not set

$ echo $DISPLAY
$

I am running Ubuntu 13.04

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1 Answer

Is X11 forwarding enabled in your sshd config?

grep -i x11 /etc/ssh/sshd_config

You should have:

X11Forwarding yes

If that's not the problem, try running ssh with "ssh -v" to get more debug output and post it here. It's also worth trying "ssh -Y".

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