Launching virt-manager in ssh X11 forwarded session gives "RuntimeError: could not open display"

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Issue

  • # virt-manager gives error as RuntimeError: could not open display when it is executed after connecting to host via ssh with X11 forwarding.

    # virt-manager 
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 383, in <module>
   main()
 File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 286, in main
   raise gtk_error
RuntimeError: could not open display

  • Seeing logs as: [abrt] virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6: virt-manager.py:286:main:RuntimeError: could not open display on the system.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6.x86_64

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