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Subject:	Re: xhost: unable to open display ""
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From:	Mark Geisert <mark AT maxrnd DOT com>
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Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:57:21 -0800
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Waltz, James wrote:
> Hi-
>
> I think that I have installed all the necessary packages, but I still get the above error, when I type “xhost +” on my local machine.
>
> I am also still getting a “cannot open display: localhost:10.0” error.
>
> This is DESPITE the fact that:
> - I set DISPLAY to “localhost:10.0”
> - X11Forwarding is set to “yes” in the sshd_config file
> - I changed the “hosts” file, under /etc to have actual IP addresses.
>
> Any idea why this might be happening?

Yes.  Change that "10" to "0".  So it's "localhost:0.0" or even ":0.0".
Should work much better.... :)

..mark


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