Really? When doing SSH, the :11 IS on the localhost. But that's just SSH X tunnelling. I'm mostly interested in remote X Sessions (including KDM/Kwin).
Thanks, Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:11 PM Subject: Re: Cygwin X and XInputExtension errors > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > >I have been having a devil of a time getting X to work properly between a > >Cygwin X server and a SuSE 8.2pro box set up as a X-Terminal Server. Here > >is the message I most recently got (this is using SSH with XForwarding). > >When attempting "X -ac -query myserver" I get the same message with > >different display info, and xdm never shows up... > >Does anyone know what causes this? XInputExtension suggests that perhaps > >there is some library extension in X4.2.x which the Cygwin X-server doesn't > >support, and is heavily required throughout KDE and Yast2, but not in xeyes > >(my favorite X tester). TIA > > > >Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display "localhost:11.0". > >Failed to get list of devices > > You may be having problems with your DISPLAY as localhost:11.0. This looks > like something running from ssh (high display number), and I've found on > many systems that setting ``X11UseLocalhost no'' in the sshd_config file > cures authentication problems. Having localhost instead of the proper > hostname in the DISPLAY may well confuse remote systems. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It > eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the > business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation. > -- Johnny Hart > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
