On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 16:19 -0600, Adam Thornton wrote: > On Jan 31, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Kim Goldenberg wrote: > > > Group - > > We are using both SLES 9x and SLES10. I have set up my ssh to use > > keys > > for authentication, and X forwarding is turned on for trusted > > connections. (My desktop is Ubuntu Linux.) When I invoke an X-enabled > > application (such as YaST2) under SLES9x, it opens in an X window. > > When > > I do the same under SLES10, it gives me the ncurses version. If I > > try to > > edit a file with gedit (Gnome text editor), it tells me: > > " Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: " > > > > Can anyone point the way to remedy this challenge? What is the obvious > > thing that I am missing > > Look in /etc/ssh/sshd_conf and see if X11 forwarding is enabled. > > Adam
On RHEL there's a package required called xorg-x11-xauth. It provides /usr/bin/xauth and /usr/bin/mkxauth. Perhaps you need the SLES10 equivalent package. -Brad > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Brad Hinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z Red Hat, Inc. (919) 754-4198 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
