Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:30:17 -0500 From: Kris Maglione <bsdaemon@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: window managers don't work over ssh Message-ID: <41EC5899.2060300@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <200501172343.27077.ian@codepad.net> References: <200501172343.27077.ian@codepad.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig754FCCBEE18F2B46CFC6C799 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit what's in your ~/.xinitrc ? you may be running twm or the like. Xian wrote: >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. > > --------------enig754FCCBEE18F2B46CFC6C799 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB7FiZmcXjc1XBrAQRAlyXAJ49VE04kyooWBuLaGK9tXma5gpkZgCfdSEl jOF5JhAiE5J5mcPOJizlpGU= =b9zz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig754FCCBEE18F2B46CFC6C799--
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