>On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:20:09PM -0400, Francois Couillard wrote: > I'm using windows 2000 to connect to a Debian Sarge server. > > Using Cygwin, I'm typing xwin -query myip to connect to my Debian > server. Theres only a grey screen that appears with an 'x' cursor. I > also tried xwin -query hostip -from clientip without success. > > The .log says: Could not init font path element > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list. > > Looking at the FAQ, they say to > Open a Cygwin shell and run *umount /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts*. > > When I type this, it just says "theres no such file or directory" even > though it exists. > > I reinstalled the font components and it didn't work > > I can connect with my server using ssh without problem. > > Someone got the same problem on the mailing list at > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-03/msg00017.html > > So I checked the FAQ, the mailing list and even the #cygwin room on MIRC > and can't find a decent answer.
On the debian box, does the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config contain a line that says: X11Forwarding yes and does the file /etc/gdm/gdm.conf contain Enable=true Additionally you cannot login as root if /etc/gdm/gdm.conf contains the default line of AllowRoot=false Before changing any of the default settings it is a good idea to read about X security and understand the implications of what you are changing. Regards, Ken -- 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/