better error messages for X11 forwarding issues

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Eugene Pankov 2021-02-07 12:49:34 +01:00
parent 7583d92747
commit cba90cec0a

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@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ export class SSHSession extends BaseSession {
this.shell = await this.openShellChannel({ x11: this.connection.x11 })
} catch (err) {
this.emitServiceMessage(colors.bgRed.black(' X ') + ` Remote rejected opening a shell channel: ${err}`)
if (err.toString().includes('Unable to request X11')) {
this.emitServiceMessage(' Make sure `xauth` is installed on the remote side')
}
return
}
@ -245,7 +248,13 @@ export class SSHSession extends BaseSession {
}
socket.on('error', e => {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
this.emitServiceMessage(colors.bgRed.black(' X ') + ` Could not connect to the X server ${xHost}:${xPort}: ${e}`)
this.emitServiceMessage(colors.bgRed.black(' X ') + ` Could not connect to the X server: ${e}`)
this.emitServiceMessage(` Terminus tried to connect to ${xHost}:${xPort} based on the DISPLAY environment var (${displaySpec})`)
if (process.platform === 'win32') {
this.emitServiceMessage(' To use X forwarding, you need a local X server, e.g.:')
this.emitServiceMessage(' * VcXsrv: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/')
this.emitServiceMessage(' * Xming: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/')
}
reject()
})
socket.on('connect', () => {