On 2011-07-18, Cousin Stanley <cousinstan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Cousin Stanley wrote : > >>> Using a debian squeeze host for a Virtual Box 4.0.12 >>> debian sid guest, about a month ago I started having >>> invalid magic cookie problems when trying to do >>> anything X related from a terminal .... > > Liam O'Toole replied : > >> Are you running applications >> entirely within the Virtual Box guest ? > > Yes, just using it as a test-bed for sid > and for a few packages that are not in squeeze. > >> Or trying to forward output >> to the host display ? > > No, although I might want to try that > in the future .... > > > I can ssh & scp from the sid guest > to the squeeze host .... > > However, if I ssh -Y to the squeeze host > I get the invalid magic cookie message > the same as only trying to start a local > X program from the terminal in the sid guest .... > > X forwarding is enabled in the squeeze host, > and I can ssh -Y into the host > from ArchLinux and Ubuntu guests > also under VirtualBox on the same host > without problems .... > >
That strongly suggests that the problem lies within the sid guest. How do you start X there? Usually one would use startx or a display manager, launch a terminal within the session, and launch programs from the terminal at will. -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnj2aekv.5p0.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
