xDisplay Export to Remote Machine

Clientside

Install Xming as Display Server on a Windows Machine

whitelist your serverip (security)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Xming\X0.hosts

(Re)start Xming

 

Linux SSH (ssh root@remotehost -x)

 

Windows Putty

Connection > SSH > X11

  • Enabeling X11 Forwarding
  • X display location localhost:0:0

 

Without SSH

if Server is Outside your Network open Port 6000 in your Firewall fritz.box user can click here

Serverside

apt-get install xorg && apt-get install openbox

$ export DISPLAY=yourmachine.yourdomain.com:0.0

in my case export DISPLAY=home.hg-system.com:0.0
 Test the xDisplay
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