[SOLVED] cannot open display ssh

[antonio_ing]

Hi everybody

i'm trying to use a remote desktop through ssh but every time i try to use gedit the terminal tells me

gedit U
cannot open display:
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.

how can i fix this problem?

thanks in advance

[Jeff250]

You have to use either the -X or the -Y command line argument with ssh to enable X11 forwarding. So if before, you said:


ssh user@host

Now say:


ssh -X user@host

Note that that is a capitalized X!

[antonio_ing]

i have tried -X already and did not work. it is working fine with -Y

thanks