GDM is no longer storing the xauth info for the current login in /home/${USER}/.Xauthority, rather it is using /var/run/gdm/auth- for-${USER}*/database
As ssh uses the former for xauth keys, the x2x command run in the ssh environment will not find the existing key for the GDM session. -- x2x sharing problem i karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471726 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs