Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:31:17 +0100 From: Johan Karlsson <k@numeri.campus.luth.se> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh and X forwarding. Message-ID: <20020306203117.A1612@numeri.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10203061022270.6266-100000@moo.sysabend.org>; from ragnar@sysabend.org on Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:34:30AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10203061022270.6266-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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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 <alaric@alaric.org.uk> > > > > 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
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