Linda Walsh writes:
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!
I don't think you need to install the server package. xorg-x11 contains the core applications, not the server. I.e., stuff like xlsfonts, xwininfo, I'd install xorg-x11, that draws all relevant xorg-x11-lib* packages, and that should be enough to go. Since you really expect X sessions to work in your remote connection, it's probably sensible to have core applications like xhost, xev, et.al. available anyhow.
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)).
Yes, the shuffling around bite me quite often as well; after my last 10.3 installation on my notebook I didn't have a working OpenOffice any more, owing to rpm reshuffling. And since I use it seldomly, I discovered that at a customer's site... :-( Anyway, nice that it works for you, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org