On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:11:14 AM Adam Jackson did opine: > On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 03:27 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > ssh -Y first machine works, and uses Display:10:0, ssh -Y second > > machine doesn't, tries & fails to use Display 0:0. > > > > Where & what does it take to enable the 2nd one? (not normally at the > > same time) > > Either: > > a) The shell you launched ssh from for the second machine didn't have > $DISPLAY set, Same shell on this machine. login to shop works, to lathe doesn't. If its the login shell on the second machine, how do I set that? And why should it be different since the install cd was the exact same cd?
I had to completely blacklist/disable ipv6 on the machine the XForward isn't working on. > b) sshd_config for the second machine doesn't have "X11Forwarding yes" > in it. Contains, apparently by default: X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10> > - ajax I was pointed at the xauth command to fix this, but that man page has to rank near the top for all time obtuseness, and when executed on the non- working machine, returns: gene@lathe:~$ pwd /home/gene gene@lathe:~$ xauth list xauth: creating new authority file /home/gene/.Xauthority gene@lathe:~$ cat .Xauthority cat: .Xauthority: No such file or directory for as many times as you want to hit the up-arrow & return. Any better ideas? Thanks all. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Only a fool fights in a burning house. -- Kank the Klingon, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
