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		SSH -X fails if IPv6 is disabled (github.com/michaing)
		1 point by throw555chip on Nov 30, 2023 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

throw555chip on Nov 30, 2023 | [–]

I just ran into this issue after recently disabling IPv6 on my machines, a fix is to add "AddressFamily inet" to the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and reload the ssh service.

themerone on Nov 30, 2023 | [–]

And some people still don't understand why distros are so eager to dump X11 for wayland.

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