On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Andy Schmidgall wrote: > Peter Valdemar Morch wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This is a mailing list about the X server in Cygwin. Sounds to me like > > you are asking about ssh specific stuff.
I'm not sure this is true -- this pertains to X forwarding over ssh, so IMO belongs on this list. > > Andy Schmidgall mrflippy-at-tresgeek.net |Lists| wrote: > > > > > I'm running cygwin/X on my Windows XP Home box, and am trying to > > > connect to my Linux (Fedora Core 4) box. X runs fine on my windows > > > machine, but I can't seem to get the remote connection working. I've > > > tried ssh -X, ssh -Y, multiple combinations of options for those. > > > All result in the same thing: I'm asked for my password, I enter it, > > > and then... nothing. Nothing else happens. The logs on the linux box > > > indicate that it accepted the ssh session. X Forwarding is enabled > > > in my ssh config file on the linux box. I've read and reread the FAQ > > > and documentation. I see nothing of note in any logs that I can > > > find. Any ideas what might be wrong? > > > > If you open a non-X cygwin session in a "dos box", and then type: > > cygwin-prompt> DISPLAY=:0 xwininfo.exe -root > > Does that show information or an error message? > > It waits a minute, and then gives me: > xwininfo: unable to open display ':0' > usage: xwininfo [-options ...] Heh. To get X forwarding over ssh, you need at least 2 things: a running X server, and for ssh to know which display the X server runs on[*]. The above seems to indicate that the X server is either not running, or is running on the wrong display. > (and then a bunch of options) > > > cygwin-prompt> DISPLAY=:0 ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > do you then get a > > Password: > > prompt? > > > > If you do, and you enter your linux password, do you then get a prompt > > on your linux box? If not, this question is probably not related to X > > at all. Contact e.g. another cygwin list. > > I get a password prompt, but after entering my password, nothing else > happens. I do not get a command prompt after entering my password. Does the same happen if you run "ssh -x" (note the lowercase) without DISPLAY= and -Y? If so, you may indeed have a general ssh issue -- try to get a working prompt first, and then set up X forwarding. > If there is another list I should be sending this too, please let me > know. I wasn't quite sure what specific area the problem fell under. I think until we determine otherwise, let's continue this on cygwin-xfree. One more place to check is your startup scripts on the remote machine. Do they change the value of DISPLAY (they shouldn't -- it should be left at whatever ssh sets it to)? Do they try to launch an X client if DISPLAY is set (that could be what's causing the apparent "hang")? Igor [*] Well, there are more configuration options to check, but the two things above are required regardless of the configuration. -- 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! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/