On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:58:56 +1100 Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan L Tyree wrote: > > It fails with all programs. > > > > The problem is that the DISPLAY variable is not getting set. After > > logging into both machines with ssh -X machine_name > > > > ----------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $DISPLAY > > localhost:10.0 ** Ubuntu machine where everything > > works ----------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $DISPLAY > > ** Xubuntu machine where nothing works > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > ------------------------------ > > > > The /etc/ssh/sshd_config files are the same in both machines. > > > > I don't know how DISPLAY gets set > > If you add -vv to your ssh flags, you'll see something like: > > debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -f > /tmp/ssh-2fcsElfWeT/xauthfile generate 127.0.0.1:0.0 > MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 untrusted timeout 1200 2>/dev/null > debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -f > /tmp/ssh-2fcsElfWeT/xauthfile list 127.0.0.1:0.0 2>/dev/null > debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. > debug2: channel 0: request x11-req confirm 0 > > after the connection is authenticated. > > Every time I've had a problem like this, it was because xauth wasn't > installed on the server. > debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/bin/X11/xauth list :0.0 2>/dev/null debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. debug2: channel 0: request x11-req confirm 0 debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0 debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 0 debug1: Sending environment. debug1: Sending env LANG = en_AU.UTF-8 debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0 debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 0 debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY debug2: callback done debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768 debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 131072 Linux misty 2.6.17-10-powerpc #2 Tue Dec 5 22:00:09 UTC 2006 ppc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $DISPLAY [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ type xauth xauth is /usr/bin/xauth Sigh! I don't **need** to ssh -X into this machine, so maybe I'll stop wasting time on it. Very frustrating. Alan > -- > Pete > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
