Failed to get DISPLAY: Error: Running the contributed command: 'remote-x11-ssh.connect' failed.

[seyeeet]

I am on windows and server is Ubuntu. Im trying to do X11 forwarding in the vscode but I keep getting errors and it is not working. I installed the Remote X11 but it keeps giving me the error that

Failed to get DISPLAY: Error: Running the contributed command: 'remote-x11-ssh.connect' failed.

[joelspadin]

Please see https://github.com/joelspadin/vscode-remote-x11/issues/50. If that doesn't work for you, please check the output window dropdown for "Remote X11" and "Remove X11: SSH" to get logs for the error.

[seyeeet]

@joelspadin Thanks for your reply, I checked it, but I am still receiving the same error. Here is what I am doing, and I appreciate your input and feed back. on windows I have my ~\.ssh\config to include

Host *
    ForwardAgent yes
    ForwardX11 yes
    ForwardX11Trusted yes

I then connect to server via ssh via ssh [email protected] then I open the vscode on windows and connect to the ubuntu via Remote-SSH Connect-to Host... I have both Remove X11: SSH and Remove X11 enable.

can you please let me know how I can check the output window dropdown for "Remote X11" and "Remove X11: SSH" to get logs for the error.?

I still get Failed to get DISPLAY: Error: Running the contributed command: 'remote-x11-ssh.connect' failed. in the output in the log extension host I have this information:

[2021-04-22 23:15:35.309] [exthost] [info] extension host started
[2021-04-22 23:15:35.345] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh","_lower":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh"},"activationEvent":"onResolveRemoteAuthority:ssh-remote"}
[2021-04-22 23:15:35.346] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Users/seyeeet/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.65.4/out/extension
[2021-04-22 23:15:52.631] [exthost] [info] eager extensions activated
[2021-04-22 23:15:52.851] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.microsoft-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.microsoft-authentication","_lower":"vscode.microsoft-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:microsoft"}
[2021-04-22 23:15:52.851] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/extensions/microsoft-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-04-22 23:15:52.886] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl","_lower":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-04-22 23:15:52.886] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Users/seyeeet/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.54.6/dist/extension
[2021-04-22 23:15:54.040] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github-authentication","_lower":"vscode.github-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:github"}
[2021-04-22 23:15:54.041] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-04-22 23:15:54.606] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension spadin.remote-x11-ssh {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"spadin.remote-x11-ssh","_lower":"spadin.remote-x11-ssh"},"activationEvent":"onCommand:remote-x11-ssh.connect"}
[2021-04-22 23:15:54.606] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Users/seyeeet/.vscode/extensions/spadin.remote-x11-ssh-1.5.0/dist/extension.js
[2021-04-22 23:15:59.393] [exthost] [error] Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 10.141.0.3:22
	at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1141:16) remote-x11-ssh.connect
[2021-04-22 23:19:07.256] [exthost] [info] extension host terminating: received terminate message from renderer
[2021-04-22 23:19:08.262] [exthost] [info] exiting with code 0
[2021-04-22 23:19:11.484] [exthost] [info] extension host started
[2021-04-22 23:19:11.610] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh","_lower":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh"},"activationEvent":"onResolveRemoteAuthority:ssh-remote"}
[2021-04-22 23:19:11.610] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Users/seyeeet/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.65.4/out/extension
[2021-04-22 23:19:26.815] [exthost] [info] eager extensions activated
[2021-04-22 23:19:27.074] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.microsoft-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.microsoft-authentication","_lower":"vscode.microsoft-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:microsoft"}
[2021-04-22 23:19:27.074] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/extensions/microsoft-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-04-22 23:19:27.103] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl","_lower":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-04-22 23:19:27.103] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Users/seyeeet/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.54.6/dist/extension
[2021-04-22 23:19:28.540] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github-authentication","_lower":"vscode.github-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:github"}
[2021-04-22 23:19:28.540] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-04-22 23:19:29.029] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension spadin.remote-x11-ssh {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"spadin.remote-x11-ssh","_lower":"spadin.remote-x11-ssh"},"activationEvent":"onCommand:remote-x11-ssh.connect"}
[2021-04-22 23:19:29.029] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///c:/Users/seyeeet/.vscode/extensions/spadin.remote-x11-ssh-1.5.0/dist/extension.js
[2021-04-22 23:19:32.581] [exthost] [error] Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 10.141.0.3:22
	at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1141:16) remote-x11-ssh.connect

on the log of window I have:

[2021-04-22 23:15:43.196] [renderer1] [warning] Workbench did not finish loading in 10 seconds, that might be a problem that should be reported.
[2021-04-22 23:15:56.120] [renderer1] [error] Error: [File Watcher (chokidar)] Inotify limit reached (ENOSPC)
[2021-04-22 23:17:58.211] [renderer1] [error] read ECONNRESET: Error: read ECONNRESET
	at TCP.onStreamRead (internal/stream_base_commons.js:205:27)
[2021-04-22 23:19:19.169] [renderer1] [warning] Workbench did not finish loading in 10 seconds, that might be a problem that should be reported.
[2021-04-22 23:19:30.022] [renderer1] [error] Error: [File Watcher (chokidar)] Inotify limit reached (ENOSPC)
[2021-04-22 23:21:32.016] [renderer1] [error] read ECONNRESET: Error: read ECONNRESET
	at TCP.onStreamRead (internal/stream_base_commons.js:205:27)

and on the log of Remote Server I have:

[2021-04-22 20:15:50.498] [remoteagent] [info] Got delay-shutdown request while in shutdown timeout, delaying
[2021-04-22 20:15:50.498] [remoteagent] [info] Cancelling previous shutdown timeout
[2021-04-22 20:15:51.175] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][b5a52cd1][ManagementConnection] New connection established.
[2021-04-22 20:15:51.675] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][0d813f67][ExtensionHostConnection] New connection established.
[2021-04-22 20:15:51.695] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][0d813f67][ExtensionHostConnection] <18379> Launched Extension Host Process.
[2021-04-22 20:15:56.108] [remoteagent] [error] [File Watcher (chokidar)] Inotify limit reached (ENOSPC)
[2021-04-22 20:19:03.881] [remoteagent] [info] Uninstalling extension: visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode
[2021-04-22 20:19:03.898] [remoteagent] [info] Successfully uninstalled extension: visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode
[2021-04-22 20:19:07.338] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][b5a52cd1][ManagementConnection] The client has disconnected gracefully, so the connection will be disposed.
[2021-04-22 20:19:08.420] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][0d813f67][ExtensionHostConnection] <18379> Extension Host Process exited with code: 0, signal: null.
[2021-04-22 20:19:08.421] [remoteagent] [info] Cancelling previous shutdown timeout
[2021-04-22 20:19:08.421] [remoteagent] [info] Last EH closed, waiting before shutting down
[2021-04-22 20:19:24.327] [remoteagent] [info] Got delay-shutdown request while in shutdown timeout, delaying
[2021-04-22 20:19:24.328] [remoteagent] [info] Cancelling previous shutdown timeout
[2021-04-22 20:19:25.032] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][5d590d17][ManagementConnection] New connection established.
[2021-04-22 20:19:25.517] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][1c1bf877][ExtensionHostConnection] New connection established.
[2021-04-22 20:19:25.534] [remoteagent] [info] [127.0.0.1][1c1bf877][ExtensionHostConnection] <19834> Launched Extension Host Process.
[2021-04-22 20:19:29.961] [remoteagent] [error] [File Watcher (chokidar)] Inotify limit reached (ENOSPC)

II am not sure if I should also change anything here or not:

update: adding export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 to bashrc and "terminal.integrated.env.linux": {"DISPLAY":"localhost:0.0"}, to the vscode json setting did not help aslo

[yjianzhu]

same error. have you fixed it?

Thx!

[joelspadin]

As noted at #50, Microsoft's remote SSH extension now supports X11 forwarding, so I do not plan to continue working on the SSH part of this extension. I suggest you disable my extension and check if the built-in X11 forwarding works for you. If it does not, use https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues to report the problem to Microsoft.