On Tuesday 18 January 2005 01:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:43:27PM +0000, Xian wrote: > > I cant seem to make any window manager work over ssh, but they all work > > locally. I am using Xorg now, and i didn't have this problem with > > XFree86. > > > > I start X with just xterm for testing: > > > > startx /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > > > > and then type > > > > ssh -CXf my.home.machine twm > > Hello Xian, > > sometimes using -Y instead of -X solves a lot of X11 forwarding > problems. Not sure if it would solve your problem, but did you try this? > > > in the xterm and it tells me it cant find any unmanaged screens. > > > > Ive no idea whats doing wrong because other X apps work over ssh and > > window managers work locally. > > > > Any help much appreciated. > > -- > > /Xian > > Good luck, > -cpghost.
-Y does work on my main machine to test it startx /usr/bin/ssh -Y anothe.machine twm -- :1 I will mostly be using this from college as I take a FreeSBIE CD with me and us that instead of whatever M$ windowz happens to be on the machine. I'll have a good look into what -Y really dose today. Thanks :D -- /Xian "A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all" unknown author _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
