[PLUG] ssh -X "Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:"

David dafr+plug at dafr.us
Wed Jan 2 18:04:24 UTC 2019


On 1/2/19 10:01 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I can run ssh -X on my Slackware machine and connect to my Ubuntu 18 
> machine. But I can't run caja on that connection. I get this error message:
> 
> dick at ENU-1$ caja
> Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:
> dick at ENU-1$


Try looking at the -Y flag to see if that helps your situation. I've 
gotten lazy (admittedly) and just run -XY on my connections when I need 
them these days.

dafr



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