From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 23:43:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A31316A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:43:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B95543D1F for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:43:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ian@codepad.net) Received: from [80.229.159.44] (helo=[192.168.0.4]) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1CqgWv-000IvA-LI for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:43:30 +0000 From: Xian To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:43:27 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501172343.27077.ian@codepad.net> Subject: window managers don't work over ssh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:43:33 -0000 I cant seem to make any window manager work over ssh, but they all work locally. I am using Xorg now, and i didn't have this problem with XFree86. I start X with just xterm for testing: startx /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm and then type ssh -CXf my.home.machine twm in the xterm and it tells me it cant find any unmanaged screens. Ive no idea whats doing wrong because other X apps work over ssh and window managers work locally. Any help much appreciated. -- /Xian "Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens" Jimi Hendrix