Cannot access Sun server via VNC

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello X users, I have just installed XFree, and I can access a Sun server using: XWin.exe -query host When I try to access another Sun server using Cisco VPN, only X window is shown, but I do not get any login window from the server. Is it possible to access a Sun server using VPN ? Regards,

Re: Cannot access Sun server via VNC

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Hello X users, I have just installed XFree, and I can access a Sun server using: XWin.exe -query host When I try to access another Sun server using Cisco VPN, only X window is shown, but I do not get any login window from the server. Is it possible to

Re: Cannot access Sun server via VNC

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello Alexander, Thank you very much for your quick reply. I will try your hint tonight. Regards, Marek Alexander Gottwald skrev: On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Hello X users, I have just installed XFree, and I can access a Sun server using: XWin.exe -query host When I try to access another Sun

Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello X users, I access a Sun server using: XWin.exe -query sun-host I login, and start an application in the Sun server correctly. When I start xterm using startxwin.bat, and then I start xterm to a Sun server using: xterm -e /bin/telnet sun-host I get a new xterm window from the Sun server,

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Hello X users, I access a Sun server using: XWin.exe -query sun-host I login, and start an application in the Sun server correctly. When I start xterm using startxwin.bat, and then I start xterm to a Sun server using: xterm -e /bin/telnet sun-host I

mrxvt and hotkeys

2005-05-02 Thread Markus Jung
Hi List! Thank you Scott for opening the discussion that brought up that great termial mrxvt. It supports and it's working with transparent backround without that refresh problem I had with other terms!!! YEAH!!! But theres one thing I can't get to work. The hotkeys to change tabs or

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello Alexander, Thank you very much for your reply. Following your hints, I entered in the xterm window in the PC: xterm -e ssh -Y sun-host Then a SSH window appeared in the PC: The authenticity of host 'borsen1 (a.b.c.d)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is x:y:z:... . Are you sure you

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Password: Whatever I entered as the password, the password question reappeared, and eventually the ssh window was closed. When I installed Cygwin ssh, I did not use any password. Any hints ? You are connecting to the sun server and must provide the

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello again, Following your reply below, I created an userid in the Sun server, and entered: xterm -e ssh -Y sun-host In order to test the graphical aplication in the Sun server, I closed both X windows, entered startxwin.bat in a DOS window, and entered in the first X window: xterm -e ssh -Y

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Hello again, Following your reply below, I created an userid in the Sun server, and entered: xterm -e ssh -Y sun-host In order to test the graphical aplication in the Sun server, I closed both X windows, entered startxwin.bat in a DOS window, and

RE: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Henry Camacho
I've done the following using our Sun hosts with success... ssh -Y -l root sunhost HFC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Gottwald Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:14 AM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cannot connect to a

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Brian Dessent
Alexander Gottwald wrote: $ ssh userid@sun-host -Y sun-host Shouldn't this be just ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ssh -Y -l userid host ? If he does the above, it will treat the second sun-host as the command to run, which is probably why the window closes. Brian

RE: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, Henry Camacho wrote: I've done the following using our Sun hosts with success... ssh -Y -l root sunhost Right. But using root for doing non-administrative tasks is a high security risk. xterm -e ssh -Y userid@sun-host sun-host What does this mean: - start xterm

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, Brian Dessent wrote: Alexander Gottwald wrote: $ ssh userid@sun-host -Y sun-host Shouldn't this be just ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ssh -Y -l userid host ? If he does the above, it will treat the second sun-host as the command to run, which is probably why the

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hi, When I enter in the PC window: ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get a request for password, and I am logged into the Sun host. Then I start the graphical application in the Sun host, and I get the following error message: X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X connection to

Re: Cannot connect to a Sun server using xterm

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Hi, When I enter in the PC window: ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get a request for password, and I am logged into the Sun host. Then I start the graphical application in the Sun host, and I get the following error message: X11 connection rejected because of

RE: ssh -Y not an option

2005-05-02 Thread ab2540
I will read man Xsecurity but just to re-iterate; the ssh command does not take the option -Y. I get this statement ssh: illegal option -- Y Usage: ssh [options] host [command] Sorry for the confusion I cut and pasted the wrong bit but I did repost the letter Regards Anna

Re: ssh -Y not an option

2005-05-02 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will read man Xsecurity but just to re-iterate; the ssh command does not take the option -Y. I get this statement ssh: illegal option -- Y Usage: ssh [options] host [command] Sorry for the confusion I cut and pasted the wrong bit but I did repost the letter

RE: ssh -Y not an option

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will read man Xsecurity but just to re-iterate; the ssh command does not take the option -Y. I get this statement ssh: illegal option -- Y Usage: ssh [options] host [command] This option was introduced with OpenSSH 3.8 and is equivalent to

Re: Cannot access Sun server via VNC

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello again, I have just tried your hint using: Win.exe -query sun-host -from localip where localip is the IP address received from Cisco VPN client. Sun host IP address is a.b.c.d, and localip is a.e.f.g XWin errors off, and the contents of /tmp/XWin.log are: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor:

Re: Cannot access Sun server via VNC

2005-05-02 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 2 May 2005, a12 wrote: Fatal server error: XDMCP fatal error: Session failed Session 2 failed for display 192.168.0.3:0: Cannot open display winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress Any hints ? It seems you're out of luck. XDMCP is a strange protocol and esp. network

Re: Cannot access Sun server via VNC

2005-05-02 Thread a12
Hello again, Following your reply below, I entered: DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then entered the password for userid. Then I received the following messages: Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. tput: unknown terminal cygwin tput:

Linux @ home - Cygwin X server @ home won't work

2005-05-02 Thread seya
Hello all, I encountered a XWindow problem which I never experienced before. I'm trapped with this problem for the last four days; I need your help ( BTW I've been using XWindow with Cygwin on WinXP for few years ). [ Problem ] When I use Cygwin X server on my notebook PC at