On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:40:56PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > Package: xterm > > On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on >>> it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to >>> work. When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option) the connection >>> is made, but the DISPLAY variable is not being set. >>> >>> Anybody know why? >> >> No. But using ssh -v might give some clues. One extra potential >> reason: >> the target box does not have (the utility) xauth on it. > > > That was it. I did > aptitude install xauth > and everything was fine. > > It looks like the xterm package needs to depend on the xauth package -- > or at least recommend it. > > What package should a bug report for this go to?
Please don't. xterm works perfectly ok without it. -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
