I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on Oracle VirtualBox on a Windows 8 machine and whenever I try to display graphics while using SSH I get some error. For example, in GNUPLOT: gnuplot> plot sin(x)
gnuplot: unable to open display ''
gnuplot: X11 aborted.
I've tried using mplayer and evince and I get similar errors.
I've tried changing no
to yes
in
# Forwardx11 yes$
# Forwardx11Trusted yes$
in /etc/ssh/ssh_config
I've been able to forward the graphics from the same machine onto another without problem so I know the problem must be local.
When I'm SSH'd in, $DISPLAY
is blank
I've tried searching for solutions online, but I'm not finding much.
I'm assuming that you're using some X window server in your Window8 like Xming. Have you tried to connect using "ssh -X name@machine"?