FWIW, I tried this from the Ubuntu VM too and from the OI host (which should work right... it's a loopback but still).
I can't say I ever X11'd from an Ubuntu VM to OS/OI before, since I primarily use Windows, but I would imagine it would work or have a different error message if the cause was different. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:05 AM, David Brodbeck <bro...@uw.edu> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Jonathan Leafty < > jleafty+openindianadisc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > FYI, I decided to see if maybe Xming was just acting up, enabled > > OpenSSH/X11 > > forwarding on my Ubuntu box and I can successfully launch programs (like > > gedit). > > > > One thing I've noticed about Xming is it does not allocate a TTY or create > a > login shell when it connects. This has caused problems for me in the past; > for example if you have a .profile or a system-wide /etc/profile neither > will be run for an Xming connection. > > -- > David Brodbeck > System Administrator, Linguistics > University of Washington > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
