Re: Bug#468103: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-03-18 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 19:40:56 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > It looks like the xterm package needs to depend on the xauth package -- > or at least recommend it. > No, this has nothing to do with xterm. openssh-server already suggests xauth (or actually xbase-clients), and documents why in README

Re: Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-03-18 Thread tony
xauth is need on the server I'm on debian and it's part of the package xbase-clients. cheers! -- This message was sent on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] at openSubscriber.com http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/debian-user@lists.debian.org/8689320.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-03-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:35:51PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: No. But using ssh -v might give some clues. One extra potential reason: the target box does not have (the utility) xauth on it. >>> >>> >>> That was it. I did >>> aptitude install xauth >>> and everything was fine. >>

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-03-01 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:12 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:40:56PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: xterm On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-03-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:40:56PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > Package: xterm > > On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on >>> it. I can "ssh" to it

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-02-26 19:40:56 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > That was it. I did > aptitude install xauth > and everything was fine. > > It looks like the xterm package needs to depend on the xauth package > -- or at least recommend it. I don't think so: one can use xterm without xauth (if one doesn't

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-02-26 19:57:50 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > No. But using ssh -v might give some clues. One extra potential reason: > the target box does not have (the utility) xauth on it. or xauth is not in the default path for ssh (but if the target box is a Debian machine, there should be no problems

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-02-26 13:52:27 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Feb 26, 2008, at 7:16 AM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: >> Make sure X11Forwarding is set to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. > > That's the first thing I checked... Then you can look at the FAQ: /usr/share/doc/openssh-client/faq.html#2.7 But I doubt i

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: xterm On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to work. When I use "ssh -X" or

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on > it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to > work. When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option) the connection > is made, but th

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-02-26 05:00:13 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to work. When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option)

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on > it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to > work. When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option) the connection > is made

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-02-26 05:00:13 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on > it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to > work. When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option) the connection is > made, but the DISPLAY var

DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to work. When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option) the connection is made, but the DISPLAY variable is not being set. Anybody know why? Thanks! R