On 03/01/2014 04:51, Chris Carlson wrote: > I just downloaded Cygwin 64-bit for the first time. I've been using Cygwin > 32-bit for years. [...] > I usually "ssh -X <remote>" to a remote Linux machine. I can then read mail > (thunderbird), edit documents (LibreOffice 3.x), run Chrome, and edit programs > (Emacs). I'll have half a dozen windows open through the X tunnel provided by > ssh. Works well and lasts for hours. > > After upgrading to Cygwin 64-bit (this last weekend), everything *seems* to be > okay for a while. After about 20 minutes, though, I can no longer open > windows remotely. Even though I have thunderbird currently open, when I try > to run Chrome, I get "(google-chrome:20006): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open > display: localhost:10.0". If I try to open xclock from the command line, I > get: > > xclock > Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0 > > Does anybody know what happened? Why has the tunnel disappeared? It hasn't > actually disappeared because I'm still running thunderbird through it.
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-twenty-minute-timeout Use 'ssh -Y' -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/