Unable to Connect to localhost:8000
I am trying to use Sage by SSH into my university's computer system. I succeeded in getting into the computer which has Sage installed on it. I am running SecureShellClient on a windows machine. However, when I try to actually run the program, I run into problems. I type
$ sage -n
and get the following
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| Sage Version 4.5.3, Release Date: 2010-09-04 |
| Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. |
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Please wait while the Sage Notebook server starts...
...
The notebook files are stored in: sage_notebook.sagenb
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* *
* Open your web browser to http://localhost:8000 *
* *
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2012-07-02 13:00:49-0500 [-] Log opened.
2012-07-02 13:00:49-0500 [-] twistd 9.0.0 (/usr/share/sage-4.5.3/local/bin/python 2.6.4) starting up.
2012-07-02 13:00:49-0500 [-] reactor class:
twisted.internet.selectreactor.SelectReactor.
2012-07-02 13:00:49-0500 [-] twisted.web2.channel.http.HTTPFactory starting on 8000
2012-07-02 13:00:49-0500 [-] Starting factory <twisted.web2.channel.http.HTTPFactory instance at 0xa6be8ec>
xprop: unable to open display ''
usage: xprop [-options ...] [[format [dformat]] atom] ...
where options include:
-grammar print out full grammar for command line
-display host:dpy the X server to contact
-id id resource id of window to examine
-name name name of window to examine
-font name name of font to examine
-remove propname remove a property
-set propname value set a property to a given value
-root examine the root window
-len n display at most n bytes of any property
-notype do not display the type field
-fs filename where to look for formats for properties
-frame don't ignore window manager frames
-f propname format [dformat] formats to use for property of given name
-spy examine window properties forever
When I try to open http://localhost:8000 in an in internet window, I get "Unable to Connect" from Firefox, and a similar message when I try to open it in Internet Explorer.
I'm very new to Sage and Linux, and have no idea what's going wrong here. I haven't been able to find any instructions on how to run Sage through ssh, so I'm wondering if I'm missing a step somewhere.
Thanks.