On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:12 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 16. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Dazed_75 so: > > > I used to regularly do ssh -X user@machine or ssh -Y user@machine so I >> could run a graphical program on the remote machine and have the display >> on >> the machine I was sitting at. In fact, I used to do this at installfests >> from my laptop (lapdog2) to the headless PXE server (fogtest) right next >> to >> me. That stopped working months ago and I have not been able to figure >> out >> why or how to fix it. Here is a sample of what I get: >> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ ssh -Y fogtest >> >>> Linux fogtest 2.6.32-41-generic-pae #91-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 13 12:00:09 >>> UTC >>> 2012 i686 GNU/Linux >>> Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS >>> >>> >>> >> > echo $DISPLAY > > Do you get something like localhost:10.0? > > ciao, > > der.hans Yes, both on the machine that works (sunfish) and the one that does not (fogtest). > > Last login: Mon Oct 15 16:37:44 2012 from sunfish.thiel.org >> >>> larry@fogtest:~$ gedit >>> GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes >>> are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have >>> stale >>> NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/**gconf/for >>> information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Failed >>> to >>> connect to socket /tmp/dbus-sjFuIo1Vhr: Connection refused) >>> ^C >>> larry@fogtest:~$ >>> >>> >> As you can see, the ssh connection is fine but using a graphical program >> like gedit does not. So I was making another attempt today (different >> target) and it worked: >> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ ssh -Y sunfish >> >>> Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64) >>> >>> * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ >>> >>> 22 packages can be updated. >>> 12 updates are security updates. >>> >>> Last login: Tue Aug 28 21:27:53 2012 from hammerhead.thiel.org >>> larry@sunfish:~$ gedit >>> larry@sunfish:~$ >>> >>> >> Anyone know where to look or how to fix fogtest? >> >> >> > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/**Classes/ > # "Human kind cannot bear very much reality." > # -- T.S. Eliot, "Four Quartets: Burnt Norton" > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: or CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before sending a Forwarded message. This can prevent spy programs capturing addresses from the recipient list and message body.