ssh -X yields "Error: Can't open display:"

[Danny Howard]

Ahhh ...

 10:22 djh at cobra ~$ ssh -v -X -i ~/.ssh/mito.key castor
[...]
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing.

 :)

0-10:25 djh at castor /usr/ports# find /usr/ports -name pkg-plist | xargs
grep -l xauth
/usr/ports/lang/sml-nj/pkg-plist
/usr/ports/news/nntpcache/pkg-plist
/usr/ports/shells/zsh/pkg-plist
/usr/ports/shells/zsh-devel/pkg-plist
/usr/ports/x11/XFree86/pkg-plist
/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/pkg-plist
/usr/ports/x11/xorg-clients/pkg-plist
1-10:25 djh at castor /usr/ports# portinstall x11/xorg-clients
[ ... portinstall crashes, burns ... ]
1-10:29 djh at castor /usr/ports# pkg_add -r xorg-clients
Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/xorg-clients.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/xorg-clients.tbz' by URL
1-10:30 djh at castor /usr/ports# cd x11/xorg-clients
0-10:30 djh at castor /usr/ports/x11/xorg-clients# make clean install
[ ... ]
do_traps.c:113: error: syntax error before '*' token
do_traps.c:113: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `traps'
do_traps.c:113: error: ISO C forbids data definition with no type or storage class
do_traps.c: In function `InitFixedTraps':
do_traps.c:129: error: `XTrap' undeclared (first use in this function)
do_traps.c:129: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
do_traps.c:129: error: for each function it appears in.)
do_traps.c:129: error: `curTrap' undeclared (first use in this function)
do_traps.c:130: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code
do_traps.c:144: error: syntax error before ')' token
do_traps.c:207: warning: value computed is not used
do_traps.c: In function `DoFixedTraps':
do_traps.c:248: warning: implicit declaration of function
`XRenderAddTraps'
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/x11/xorg-clients/work/xc/programs/x11perf.

Well, I suppose I'll puzzle this one out too. :)

Thanks,
-danny