You also must enable Xforwarding, by making sure that you have a line like the following in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config: X11Forwarding yes

On the server-side, this means that you need to have the proper tools installed (e.g., git-gui, which means that you also need Tcl/Tk installed, which means that you also need the X infrastructure installed). If it works you’re all set, otherwise you need to double-check all the steps above.If your server has it enabled, you can use XForwarding to display a GUI executed on the remote machine on your local machine.Type “ gthumb issaos_logo_small.jpg“, as shown in the previous screenshot, and wait for the graphical windows with the figure to open.Login as “ issaos” and insert the password you received by email.The terminal should open and ask for login. Enable the X connection from the SSH/X11 menu, as shown in the figure.Setup PuTTY for the test of ssh X connection.Just double-click on the PuTTY icon you downloaded on the Desktop in step 3.

You should see a symbol like an “X” on the right-bottom bar on your Desktop, such as this one

Activate the X server, executing Xming.Place the file on your Desktop, it is directly the executable, no need to install anything. Install Xming on your pc using the installer.Ssh -X then jump to step 9 of the tutorial below. If you want to test the X connection from your Linux or Mac laptop, type the following command: This short tutorial is to show how to install an ssh client (PuTTY) with X server (Xming) in order to overcome this difficulty. However, on Windows there is no default equivalent utility to do that. If you have Linux or Mac, you will just have to open a terminal window and type a command like: During the practicals, we will need to connect via ssh from your laptop to remote clusters, and sometimes open graphical windows.

Ssh gui for linux