What does the following command show? ssh -Y -l your_name your_host /usr/bin/env
Pat --- On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen <ei...@opera.com> wrote: > gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> writes: > >> On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 04:30:52 pm Adam Jackson did opine: >> >>> On 2/22/11 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: >>> > Where can I find a good tutorial on making this Just Work(TM) when the >>> > user numbers are disparate, as they will be between a debian based >>> > system and the rest of the world. I did have this working 6 months >>> > ago, but every time *buntu updates the ssh stuff on the LTS releases, >>> > it all goes away again. >>> >>> You're going to have to be a lot more precise than that about what kind >>> of problems you're seeing. I routinely ssh forward X connections >>> between accounts with differing UIDs on different machines, nothing more >>> complicated than ssh -Y needed. >>> >>> - ajax >> >> >> In this case, emc is not running on the target, ubuntu machine. I launch >> it from this ssh -Y login, see the initial splash image, which goes away >> after its initial timeout, and the cli then reports it couldn't get a >> screen, so the whole thing exits. > > But other X applications (e.g. xterm) works? > >> The failure messages are somewhat less than worthless (to me at any rate) >> but it does write a pair of files: > > You could include the error message anyway. Maybe they mean something > to someone. > > [...] >> ================= >> RUN_IN_PLACE=no >> EMC2_DIR= > [...] >> DISPLAY=axis > > Hopefully this is not the X11 DISPLAY actually used by emc, but means > something else... > > [...] >> Now, the fix that did make it work before is still there: >> >> gene@shop:~/emc2/configs/genes-mill$ echo $DISPLAY >> localhost:10.0 > > I assume you haven't set that yourself, but that it gets automatically > set by ssh? > >> So, do I need to add something to this machine? Its running pclos-32 bit, >> 2010, uptodate except for tar as 1.24 and 1.25 are broken and will not work >> with amanda. >> >> What happens if I change $DISPLAY to = coyote.coyote.den:10.0 >> That is this machine, or I could use this machines IP too, but then either >> marries it to this machine only, not a real fix IMO. > > I assume coyote.coyote.den is the machine running the X server, rather > than the machine running emc? Then you probably want > coyote.coyote.den:0.0, but you would need to set up proper access > controls (etc.) > > eirik > _______________________________________________ > 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: pekan...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ 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