sftp and sshfs ask me for my password (and work properly after I enter it), whereas ssh and scp don't ask for a password and just work. When I force the use of public key authentication instead of password authentication, like this

I'm integrating a remote server into my desktop menus.

First thing I did was putting a .ssh/authorized_keys files so the server will recognize my computer and not ask me for a password. (Yes, this is secure, there's public key cryptography involved.)

this one has me lost, maybe just not experienced enough with gentoo

it has always worked before (ie other distros)

basically it doesnint fine the display

[code:1]Earth:~ andy$ ssh -X 192.168.2.6