--- Bent Terp <bent at nagstrup.dk> wrote: > I often see this when I've forgotten to install the > xorg-x11-xauth package. > > Having to set DISPLAY manually is annoying > > regards, > Bent > > > On 10/10/07, Barry Schiffman <schiffo2000 at yahoo.com> > wrote: > > --- Barry Schiffman <schiffo2000 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Feizhou <feizhou at graffiti.net> wrote: > > > > > > > James A. Peltier wrote: > > > > > I'm having problems with ssh.com and X11 > > > > forwarding > > > > > > > > > > ssh: SSH Secure Shell 3.2.0 (non-commercial > > > > version) on i686-pc-linux-gnu > > > > > > > > > > I am in the process of testing some of my > > > machines > > > > with CentOS 5 > > > > > x86/x86_64 and have run into a bit of a > snag. > > > X11 > > > > Forwarding is not > > > > > working. > > > > > > > > > > Any hints? I've checked the ssh config > files > > > and > > > > they seem to be > > > > > identical to the config files on our > existing > > > SuSE > > > > 10.0 machines which > > > > > are working. This is troubling indeed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ssh -v and see what the ssh client complains > > > about. > > > > > > I just installed CentOS 5.0 on one machine here > and > > > have a similar problem. I haven't changed the > config > > > file from what was installed, and it looks > pretty > > > much > > > like the config in CentOS 4.5. > > > > > > I've got openssh-4.3p2-16.el5 on the CentOS 5.0 > > > machine, and have tried to get X11 forwarding > > > working > > > on connections from three machines with > different > > > os's > > > -- centos 4.5, ubuntu and Mac OS. > > > > > > ssh -v doesn't seem to say anything out of the > > > ordinary. After authentication, it says: > > > > > > Entering interactive session. > > > Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication > > > spoofing. > > > > > > Trying to open an emacs window without a -d > > > argument, > > > I get a message about no address for > localhost:6010. > > > > > > Supplying the -d argument, I get > > > Xlib: connection to "xxx:0" refused by server > > > Xlib: No protocol specified. > > > > > > Barry > > > > > > > I should've tried this before writing. If I set > the > > environment variable DISPLAY in the xterm after > making > > the ssh connection, it works. > > Alas, I've got it. xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.1-2.1 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow