From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 6 11:31:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from numeri.campus.luth.se (numeri.campus.luth.se [130.240.197.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53F937B405 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:31:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from k@localhost) by numeri.campus.luth.se (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g26JVHc08763; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:31:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from k) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:31:17 +0100 From: Johan Karlsson To: Jamie Bowden Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh and X forwarding. Message-ID: <20020306203117.A1612@numeri.campus.luth.se> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from ragnar@sysabend.org on Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:34:30AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Is X11Forwarding set to yes for both client and server? check /etc/ssh/ssh_config for client and /etc/ssh/sshd_config for the server. To enable X for the client use 'ssh -X ...' if you are not root on that machine. /Johan K On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:34 (-0800) +0000, Jamie Bowden wrote: > > I've run into a wierd problem with ssh and X forwarding from my laptop. > It's running -STABLE CVSup'd as of this morning at 9am, but the problem > has been in exhibit for a while now. I've tried the system installed > verion of ssh, a hand compiled version of openssh 3.0.2p1, and ssh 1.2.27. > All fail. They all return the following: > > %xv > xv: Can't open display > > X11Forwarding is set to yes and X11DisplayOffset is set to 10. This > worked fine on 4.3-R (which is what I was running prior to migrating to > 4.5-S). All the ipf[w] and ipv6 options in rc.conf are off. Has anyone > else seen this, and/or already know what's going on? > > Just to verify that it's not a single install, I migrated my desktop from > 4.3-R to 4.5-S via CVSup as well, and it now has the same problem. I'm > CVSup'ing src-all, ports-all, and doc-all. I use 'make world' post > cvsup; then reboot and config -r the kernel config file, remake the > kernel, and reboot again. > > I've tried displaying to Irix 6.5.11m, Win2k w/Exceed3d 6.2, and FreeBSD > 4.3-R XF86 4.0.3, all fail, so I'm pretty sure this is a -stable issue. > > Jamie Bowden > > -- > "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" > Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" > Iain Bowen > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Johan Karlsson mailto:k@numeri.campus.luth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message