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Date:      Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:30:03 GMT
From:      TATEOKA Takamichi <tate@cs.uec.ac.jp>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/120963: X11 forwarding cannot work
Message-ID:  <200802230330.m1N3U2nQ043725@freefall.freebsd.org>

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From: TATEOKA Takamichi <tate@cs.uec.ac.jp>
To: kris@FreeBSD.org
Cc: tate@cs.uec.ac.jp, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/120963: X11 forwarding cannot work
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:28:15 +0900 (JST)

 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
 > >   Yes, I did fresh install 6.3R on a clean system.  If this symbolic
 > > link is still required, 6.4R base system (or X11 ports?) should have
 > > this symbolic link, I think.
 > 
 > It should happen automatically when the xorg metaport is installed (this 
 > is the best way to ensure you have a complete xorg installation).  If 
 > you only installed parts of xorg then you will have to add the symlink 
 > by hand.
 
   Yes, I installed only ports/x11/xauth because the host is a firewall
 server and doesn't need almost X11 servers and applications.
   It may be a rare case, but I hope default X11BASE becomes /usr/local
 in future release.
 
 Thanks,
 Takamichi Tateoka



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