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I have a Ubuntu VM on VirtualBox running in headless mode. Host is a Windows 10 machine. I want to be able to render Ubuntu's applications on Windows using XServer.

Currently, I tried this:

  • Installed X410 XServer on Windows.
  • ssh into Virtual Machine with a -X option so that X forwarding is enabled.
  • If I run a graphical application from command line now, it complains that cannot connect XServer. My DISPLAY env variable is localhost:10.0.

Below is error I get on launching the graphical application:

connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory Unable to init  
server: Could not connect: Connection refused Failed to parse  
arguments: Cannot open display:

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You need to enter the IP of the host machine, not localhost. And also check what is the display number for your X server. The command should be:

export DISPLAY=<host IP>:<host display>.0
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  • I am using NAT networking so both have the same hostname. Do I need to setup port forwarding instead? How can I find out display number for my X server? I think it is 0 but I am not sure.
    – Bhopesh Bassi
    Feb 14, 2019 at 20:45
  • You did the forward (by using -X in ssh
    – Romeo Ninov
    Feb 14, 2019 at 20:46
  • Oh yeah!! Sorry about that. Can you please respond to other questions?
    – Bhopesh Bassi
    Feb 14, 2019 at 22:49

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