On Friday, February 25, 2011 02:47:47 pm Pat Kane did opine: > Hi Gene, > > Could run these simple tests: > > ssh -Y -l gene shop xdpyinfo
About 1000 lines of output, I didn't note any errors, how much of it do you need? Here is the first 150 or so lines: gene@shop:~$ xdpyinfo name of display: localhost:10.0 version number: 11.0 vendor string: The X.Org Foundation vendor release number: 10605000 X.Org version: 1.6.5 maximum request size: 16777212 bytes motion buffer size: 256 bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, LSBFirst, 32 image byte order: LSBFirst number of supported pixmap formats: 7 supported pixmap formats: depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32 depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32 depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32 depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32 depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32 depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32 depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32 keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 255 focus: window 0x2e0003e, revert to PointerRoot number of extensions: 31 BIG-REQUESTS Composite DAMAGE DOUBLE-BUFFER DPMS DRI2 GLX Generic Event Extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER MIT-SHM Multi-Buffering NV-CONTROL NV-GLX RANDR RECORD RENDER SECURITY SHAPE SYNC X-Resource XC-MISC XFIXES XFree86-Bigfont XFree86-DGA XFree86-VidModeExtension XINERAMA XINERAMA XInputExtension XKEYBOARD XTEST XVideo default screen number: 0 number of screens: 1 screen #0: dimensions: 1680x1050 pixels (431x272 millimeters) resolution: 99x98 dots per inch depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 root window id: 0x154 depth of root window: 24 planes number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x20 default number of colormap cells: 256 preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215 options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO largest cursor: 64x64 current input event mask: 0x7ac07f KeyPressMask KeyReleaseMask ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask PointerMotionMask KeymapStateMask ExposureMask StructureNotifyMask SubstructureNotifyMask SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask PropertyChangeMask number of visuals: 84 default visual id: 0x21 visual: visual id: 0x21 class: TrueColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x22 class: DirectColor depth: 24 planes available colormap entries: 256 per subfield red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff significant bits in color specification: 8 bits etc,etc > if that works, then: > ssh -Y -l gene shop xclock Opens a small, no second hand, colored analog clock, no errors reported on the background cli. > ssh -Y -l gene shop xterm Works, opens an xterm window, no errors reported on the background cli. As usual, its small, and the font is quite small too. Thanks Pat. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com