Joachim Schrod wrote:
What's the output of "ssh -v -v fail"? There should be lines like
debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth list :0.0 . 2>/dev/null debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. debug2: channel 0: request x11-req confirm 0 ... Call "xauth info" on `fail' to check that.
Arg! SuSE moved the location of 'xauth' out of RPM "xorg-x11-libs" (v6.8), which one would expect to need if one wanted to run X programs, ---> into RPM "xorg-x11" (v7.2). The 'Fail'ing machine doesn't run an X-server. It is only 'logged into' remotely and has no desktop, so it didn't have an X server installed. Sigh.... I guess I have to install the Xserver now, even though it's on a machine that runs no server. Brilliant! Oh well...thanks...and now we know why my upgrades are painful -- programs keep getting shuffled around randomly out of one RPM into another; moved out of 'X11-support files' (x11-libs) in with the 'X-Server files', even though xauth is needed by clients -- not by the server (i.e. xauth won't run unless the server is already running and one doesn't need xauth to start the server (AFAIK)). Thanks very much for the help! Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org