[OmniOS-discuss] Possible to run desktop applications via ssh -X or similar?

[Paul B. Henson]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 06:59:48AM +0100, Valrhona wrote:

> Then I log in via ssh -X, and at the command prompt just type
> 'nautilus'. I get the following error:
> 
> Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:

Do you have x forwarding enabled on the server? Is xauth installed on
the server? What does 'echo $DISPLAY' at a shell prompt return? Run
"ssh -v -X"  and see what it says, perhaps the forwarding is failing.