On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, savantsaro wrote: > >> box 1: Windows 2000 Server > >> cygwin > >> > >> box 2: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) > >> > >> cygwin was installed with openssh, today, from the latest setup.exe. > > >FYI, it's probably a good idea to review ><http://cygwin.com/problems.html> > >before sending bug reports... Reading > >/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README would also help. > > I did read the first one, wasn't aware of the second one. I spent > several hours researching and trying to solve the problem before posting > here. > > Also, I'm not implying it's a bug - I'm sure there's something I missed, > I just can't figure out what it is.
Sorry, my bad. Should've said "problem reports". > >> Basic scenario: > >> startxwin.bat -> X icon appears in taskbar, terminal opens > >> ssh -Y -l username box2name -> ssh connection is established and works fine > >> emacs & -> [1]+ Stopped emacs > >> > >> Troubleshooting already done: > >> I have also tried with putty, with X11 tunneling enabled, and tried > >> running other apps (specifically a java swing application, which does > >> not stop but simply does nothing on box 1) > >> The DISPLAY environment variable was not set. > > >There's your problem. You should set it before running "ssh -Y". > >For example try either > > > >export DISPLAY=:0.0; ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >or even > > > >DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-- both should work. > > I did set DISPLAY before running ssh, before I posted here. > > I just tried your examples, but still get the same result. > > >> I tried setting it to "localhost:0.0" and to ":0", with no effect. > >> The config files for ssh (~/.ssh/config and /etc/ssh_config) did not > >> exist. > > >Ah. Did you run /bin/ssh-user-config? > > No, I wasn't aware of it. It's mentioned in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README. Actually, the one you'd need to run is probably ssh-host-config (as that's the one that creates /etc/ssh_config)... It's been suggested before that the "first time install" section in the openssh.README be marked with huge banners and made much more prominent... Corinna, are you reading this? ;-) > I have run it now, created all the identities and used none of them. > Still no change. > > >> I created the first one with a single line (ForwardX11 yes) with no > >> change. > >> > >> Please help. I know cygwin is a good, working program, and I'm an > >> intelligent computer guy - why won't it work for me? > > >Maybe Cygwin just doesn't like you? ;-) > > The thought had occurred to me. Try running ssh-host-config, and see if that works... If not, it's time to debug -- maybe X11 forwarding is not enabled on the remote end at all. Try "ssh -Yvvv", and see if that provides any clues... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw