Read the cygwin faq how to not be as administrator in the shell :-) And also.. check the environment variable $DISPLAY when you have ssh'd to the other machine.. send it here.. What are the IP's of the both machines? (substitute it with cygwin/unix I just want to know what points to which machine)
Just a second thought, you are logged in as root on the other machine, give it a try as normal user. ahh | debug1: X11 connection uses different authentication protocol. | debug1: X11 rejected 1 i1/o16 Saw that before here, was that you?? /Andy | | That's exactly what I am doing, with the addition of "-l" to specify a | user account (since the NT username in Cygwin is set to "Administrator", | which doesn't exist on my RedHat 7.1 box). | | I log in remotely just fine. | | When I attempt to run an X11 application, such as "xeyes", I get no | application window. I do not even get a returned shell prompt like I | would after normal errors... the command just "sticks". Control-C | returns the prompt, with no error displayed. | | You're now logged in on the remote host, with SSH | X forwarding set. If you start an X application | on that remote host, it will show up in your | Cygwin/XFree86 window. | | That's what I'm expecting. :-) | With "-v" verbosity, I see the following trail: | | [root@zaphod /root]# xeyes | debug1: client_input_channel_open: ctype x11 rchan 2 win 4096 max 2048 | debug1: client_request_x11: request from 192.168.100.21 35785 | debug1: fd 8 setting O_NONBLOCK | debug1: channel 1: new [x11] | debug1: confirm x11 | debug1: X11 connection uses different authentication protocol. | debug1: X11 rejected 1 i1/o16 | debug1: channel 1: read failed | debug1: channel 1: input open -> drain | debug1: channel 1: close_read | debug1: channel 1: write failed | debug1: channel 1: output open -> closed | debug1: channel 1: close_write | debug1: X11 closed 1 i2/o128 | | | -Scott | | | | | | | | | | | | | This email, its content and any attachments is PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL | to | TANDBERG Television. If received in error please notify the sender and | destroy the original message and attachments. | -- The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty!