[ESS] x11 configuration for running ess on remote server

[Zhihao Ding]

Thanks guys. I've worked it out. Tramp doesn't have -X in ssh, and my
"ForwardX11Trusted yes" in .ssh/config is not enough, so when I add
"ForwardX11 yes" there as well I finally get correct $DISPLAY variable
within tramp. The problem is gone.

Cheers,
Zhihao


On 17 August 2015 at 17:13, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Have you tried what I suggested earlier? Do you see the problem when
> ssh-ing
> from local emacs shell, or R-ing in remote shell opened through tramp?
>
>   Vitalie
>
> >> On Mon, Aug 17 2015 09:27, Zhihao Ding wrote:
>
> > Thanks very much for your replies. I still haven't got it working. I am
> > googling around to see if it's down to some configurations of X11 or ess.
>
> > Best,
> > Zhihao
>
> > On 14 August 2015 at 17:17, Ista Zahn <istazahn using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> And... now it magically works again, I can no longer reproduce the
> >> problem. Good for me, not so good for Zhihao.
> >>
> >> Zhihao, can you see if it works with a minimal config, e.g., start
> >> emacs with 'emacs -q', evaluate[1]
> >>
> >> (require 'package)
> >> (package-initialize)
> >> (require 'ess-site)
> >>
> >> open the remote file and try to plot? If it works that would suggest
> >> something in your emacs configuration is the cause, and you can
> >> comment out half at a time to see where the problem is.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Ista
> >>
> >> [1] I think this assumes you've installed ESS using the package
> >> manager, if you installed it by hand just run _only_ those lines from
> >> your emacs initialization file required to load ESS.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn using gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I'm seeing the same thing here as Zhihao, but only when running with
> >> > my full init.el. With emacs -Q and running just
> >> >
> >> > (require 'package)
> >> > (package-initialize)
> >> > (require 'ess-site)
> >> >
> >> > It works correctly. I don't have time to bisect my init.el to figure
> >> > out what causes this, but I will do that later if no one else presents
> >> > a solution before I have time to look into it.
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> > Ista
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> That's strange. It works for me. SSH port forwarding should be
> >> independent of
> >> >> ESS/emacs. Does it work from emacs shell with manual ssh? Or better
> >> Tramp +
> >> >> shell?
> >> >>
> >> >>   Vitalie
> >> >>
> >> >>>> On Thu, Aug 13 2015 16:21, Zhihao Ding wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Thanks for you reply. I've got my X11 forwarding working outside
> >> emacs. I'm
> >> >>> able to get plots piped through when I use the terminal. It's just
> >> when I
> >> >>> use ESS mode to work on a remote session, it doesn't fire up any
> plots
> >> via
> >> >>> X11.
> >> >>
> >> >>> Cheers,
> >> >>> Zhihao
> >> >>
> >> >>> On 13 August 2015 at 15:48, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Add ForwardX11 to your .ssh/config entries. Something like:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Host myHost
> >> >>>>      Hostname  107.107.107.108
> >> >>>>      User myUser
> >> >>>>      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/myHost.pem
> >> >>>>      ForwardX11 yes
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>  Vitalie
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> >> On Wed, Aug 12 2015 12:00, Zhihao Ding wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> > Hi there,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> > I had some problems with firing up X11 on remote server. I use
> >> tramp to
> >> >>>> > open a R file on a remote server and start a R session there.
> When
> >> I do
> >> >>>> > plot I don't get X11 piped through. How do I configure this?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> > Thanks,
> >> >>>> > Zhihao
> >> >>>>
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Regards,
Zhihao Ding

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