Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze

2014-11-30 Thread Floris
--- Doorgestuurd bericht --- Van: "Peter Miller" Aan: Floris Cc: Onderwerp: Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze Datum: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:41:06 +0100 Wow! floris, for the update-alternatives --config glx I chose the option: 1

Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze

2014-11-27 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:10:37 +0100 schreef Floris : Op Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:09:10 +0100 schreef Peter Miller : I've had the "Oh no! Something went wrong" screen for a couple of weeks now, since just before Testing went into freeze. I've looked everywhere I can and tried all sorts of things,

Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze

2014-11-25 Thread Floris
Op Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:09:10 +0100 schreef Peter Miller : I've had the "Oh no! Something went wrong" screen for a couple of weeks now, since just before Testing went into freeze. I've looked everywhere I can and tried all sorts of things, but nothing solves the problem. I recently upgraded to

Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze

2014-11-25 Thread Stephen Allen
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:09:10PM +1100, Peter Miller wrote: > I've had the "Oh no! Something went wrong" screen for a couple of > weeks now, since just before Testing went into freeze. > > I've looked everywhere I can and tried all sorts of things, but > nothing solves the problem. I recently up

Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze

2014-11-24 Thread Peter Miller
I've had the "Oh no! Something went wrong" screen for a couple of weeks now, since just before Testing went into freeze. I've looked everywhere I can and tried all sorts of things, but nothing solves the problem. I recently upgraded to sid to see if that helped, but still no luck. In the included

Re: X: display refreshing just stops

2010-03-31 Thread Perttu Muurimäki
Ron Johnson writes: > On 2010-03-30 00:21, Perttu Muurimäki wrote: >> Ron Johnson writes: >> >>> On 2010-03-27 12:57, Perttu Muurimäki wrote: Hi again, Problem: Screen freezes until I touch any key or move the mouse. >>> When does the freeze *start*? >> >> Sometimes when I'm not t

Re: X: display refreshing just stops

2010-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-30 00:21, Perttu Muurimäki wrote: Ron Johnson writes: On 2010-03-27 12:57, Perttu Muurimäki wrote: Hi again, Problem: Screen freezes until I touch any key or move the mouse. When does the freeze *start*? Sometimes when I'm not typing or moving the mouse. Once per 5 minutes perh

Re: X: display refreshing just stops

2010-03-29 Thread Perttu Muurimäki
Ron Johnson writes: > On 2010-03-27 12:57, Perttu Muurimäki wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> Problem: Screen freezes until I touch any key or move the mouse. > > When does the freeze *start*? Sometimes when I'm not typing or moving the mouse. Once per 5 minutes perhaps. Usually when something else is g

Re: X: display refreshing just stops

2010-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-27 12:57, Perttu Muurimäki wrote: Hi again, Problem: Screen freezes until I touch any key or move the mouse. When does the freeze *start*? For minutes I can just stare at Gkrellm and see the clock (and everything els

X: display refreshing just stops

2010-03-27 Thread Perttu Muurimäki
Hi again, Problem: Screen freezes until I touch any key or move the mouse. For minutes I can just stare at Gkrellm and see the clock (and everything else) not doing anything. Everything on screen has stopped at whatever they were doing at the moment it freezed. However, in the background everythi

Re: ssh and X display forwarding

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Chandler
ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes > >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server also allows X11Forwarding > > > > Good. > > > >> I have run xhost during start up, so the server is an allowed > >> connector to my display. > > > > Not necessary

Re: ssh and X display forwarding

2008-09-01 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
In fact the point of using ssh is to not have to open up your X-server other than to localhost. Check the setup of your ssh server. The ssh server needs to create a "virtual" X display on the box you ar ssh-ing into, and forward that through to your real display. Then the name o

Re: ssh and X display forwarding

2008-09-01 Thread Jochen Schulz
Alan Chandler: > > I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not > set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs. What command line are you using? $ ssh -Y server should suffice. > On my desktop > > /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP commented

Re: ssh and X display forwarding

2008-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,01.Sep.08, 17:45:51, Alan Chandler wrote: > > My desktop at home runs KDE. > > I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not > set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs. > > On my desktop > > /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP comment

ssh and X display forwarding

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Chandler
My desktop at home runs KDE. I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs. On my desktop /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP commented out /etc/ssh/ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes /etc/ssh/

xrandr -o right crashes X display

2008-02-15 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings- Setting up my new laptop, a Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet PC, and I am trying to make the screen rotate 90 degrees right for tablet use. This crashes the display, as is documented many other places, but none of the suggestions found via google have fixed the problem. Kernel is 2.6.24

Re: [overworked] How to get the local a Remote-X-Display?

2007-10-23 Thread Chuck Norwood
You may need ssh -Y to enable applications to run in xterms. - Original Message - From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [overworked] How to get the local a Remote-X-Display? On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at

Re: [overworked] How to get the local a Remote-X-Display?

2007-10-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:33:03PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > I have a Workstation and a broken (display) Laptop. ssh(d) is working > and now I like to get the X-Display running on my workstation with the > server on my laptop. > > ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] "start

Re: [overworked] How to get the local a Remote-X-Display?

2007-10-23 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:33:03 +0200 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Maybe I am overworked one have the Alzheimer... > > So my problem: > > I have a Workstation and a broken (display) Laptop. ssh(d) is working > and now I like to g

[overworked] How to get the local a Remote-X-Display?

2007-10-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Maybe I am overworked one have the Alzheimer... So my problem: I have a Workstation and a broken (display) Laptop. ssh(d) is working and now I like to get the X-Display running on my workstation with the server on my laptop. ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] "startx -- :1" is not

Re: can't center X display

2007-07-03 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:06:11 -0400, I wrote: > On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three > conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-screen > mode. If I set up xorg.conf for 1600x1200, any of the displays is centered > correctly (by luck, I

Re: can't center X display

2007-07-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:26:18PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:06:11PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > > On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three > > conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-screen > > mode.

Re: can't center X display

2007-07-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:06:11 -0400, I wrote > On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three > conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-screen > mode. If I set up xorg.conf for 1600x1200, any of the displays is centered > correctly (by luck, I

Re: can't center X display

2007-07-02 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:06:11PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three > conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-screen > mode. If I set up xorg.conf for 1600x1200, any of the displays is centered > corr

Re: can't center X display

2007-07-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:06:11PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three > conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-screen > mode. If I set up xorg.conf for 1600x1200, any of the displays is centered > corr

can't center X display

2007-07-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-screen mode. If I set up xorg.conf for 1600x1200, any of the displays is centered correctly (by luck, I guess). If I set it up for 1280x1024, each is offse

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-21 Thread Robert Kopp
Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 05:23:45PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:07:38PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >> You can run xrandr from the commandline or, if you're using Kde, go into

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-21 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 05:23:45PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:07:38PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >> You can run xrandr from the commandline or, if you're using Kde, go into ^^^

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:07:38PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> You can run xrandr from the commandline or, if you're using Kde, go into > > No you cant. It needs X to be running. > Yes, I thought that was the point. -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.l

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:07:38PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > You can run xrandr from the commandline or, if you're using Kde, go into No you cant. It needs X to be running. -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-08 Thread mmiller3
ot; > How can I know the depth and dimensions actually present on > an X display? xwininfo -root (xwininfo is in the xbase-clients package) Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-08 Thread Jonathan Kaye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian users, > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf provides a selection of > depths and dimensions for the display. > For example, > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > How can I know the depth and dime

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-07 Thread Kevin Mark
I know the depth and dimensions > actually present on an X display? > > Thanks, ... Peter E. > 'xdpyinfo |grep dimensions' will show the dimension the X server thinks your screen is. You can measure it. And if different, you can add a line in xorg.conf to co

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-07 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. [EMAIL PROTECTED], 08.05.2007 06:33: > /etc/X11/xorg.conf provides a selection of > depths and dimensions for the display. > For example, > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > How can I know the depth and dimensions > actually

actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-07 Thread peasthope
Debian users, /etc/X11/xorg.conf provides a selection of depths and dimensions for the display. For example, Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" How can I know the depth and dimensions actually present on an X display? Thanks, ... Peter

Re: X Display Lagging in Etch

2006-11-03 Thread Matt Miller
> > > > Some weeks ago the X display on my Etch machine became terribly laggy. > > > > > > please post the output of the following commands: > > > > > > lspci | egrep -i 'video|vga|display' > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspc

Re: X Display Lagging in Etch

2006-11-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:32, Matt Miller wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:50:06 +0100, "Florian Kulzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:43:03 -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > > > Some weeks ago the X display on my Etch machine became t

Re: X Display Lagging in Etch

2006-11-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:32, Matt Miller wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:50:06 +0100, "Florian Kulzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:43:03 -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > > > Some weeks ago the X display on my Etch machine became t

Re: X Display Lagging in Etch

2006-11-02 Thread Matt Miller
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:50:06 +0100, "Florian Kulzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:43:03 -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > > Some weeks ago the X display on my Etch machine became terribly laggy. > > please post the output of the following command

Re: X Display Lagging in Etch

2006-11-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:43:03 -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > Some weeks ago the X display on my Etch machine became terribly laggy. > It takes painful seconds for command prompt output to scroll by, and > scrolling in GUI windows is also quite slow and jumpy. Moving a window > a

X Display Lagging in Etch

2006-11-02 Thread Matt Miller
Some weeks ago the X display on my Etch machine became terribly laggy. It takes painful seconds for command prompt output to scroll by, and scrolling in GUI windows is also quite slow and jumpy. Moving a window around on the screen is similarly suffering. I'm under Gnome. -- To UNSUBS

Re: Enabling remote X display

2006-03-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
Johan Daine wrote: [...] Hi, I found a solution to my problem. # find /etc/X11 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep nolisten /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc:exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp gave me the clue After reading the document , I stopped gdm, played a little bit with xinit and a cus

Re: Enabling remote X display

2006-03-14 Thread Johan Daine
Florian Kulzer wrote: start here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-xssh Hi, I found a solution to my problem. # find /etc/X11 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep nolisten /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc:exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp gave me the clue After rea

Re: Enabling remote X display

2006-03-13 Thread Ignacio Mondino
Hi you should ad the line " ForwardX11 yes" in the file /etc/ssh/ssh_config and "X11Forwarding yes" in the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config -- Ignacio Mondino JabberID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Enabling remote X display

2006-03-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
Johan Daine wrote: Hi, I cannot find the file that must be edited in order to enable remote X connections on my X server. (Of course, I ran xhost and adjusted the DISPLAY variable on my "remote" machine but as far as I remember, there is an option in a config file disabling remote coonections...,

Enabling remote X display

2006-03-13 Thread Johan Daine
Hi, I cannot find the file that must be edited in order to enable remote X connections on my X server. (Of course, I ran xhost and adjusted the DISPLAY variable on my "remote" machine but as far as I remember, there is an option in a config file disabling remote coonections..., but I don't know whi

Re: Launching apps in a new X display?

2005-07-12 Thread Jay Zach
Michael Gilbert wrote: Hello all, i am using Debian Sarge and am trying to launch an application in a new X server. if I do $ xinit -- :1 the X server is indeed launched, but the default xterm application does not start. if i look at the terminal that i launched xint from, i see a lot of r

Launching apps in a new X display?

2005-06-27 Thread Michael Gilbert
Hello all, i am using Debian Sarge and am trying to launch an application in a new X server. if I do $ xinit -- :1 the X server is indeed launched, but the default xterm application does not start. if i look at the terminal that i launched xint from, i see a lot of repeating error messages t

Re: How do I allow other users access to X display under kdm?

2002-12-24 Thread Chris Lale
Aryan Ameri wrote: On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:59, David Marsh wrote: I would like to be able to setup kdm and/or the X server to allow me to open X applications when su'ed as root. Sometimes when I am root I need to open an X application (eg, an installer for a 3rd-party application), but

Re: How do I allow other users access to X display under kdm?

2002-12-24 Thread csj
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:29:47 +, David Marsh wrote: > > > I'm running the kdm login manager under KDE 3.0.3 ("unofficial" .debs) > on my 'sarge' system. > > When I installed kdm it noted that it locked down all kinds of settings > in order to improve system security, but didn't explain how I

Re: How do I allow other users access to X display under kdm?

2002-12-24 Thread Mark Whaite
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 02:04:49AM +0330, Aryan Ameri wrote: > On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:59, David Marsh wrote: > > I'm running the kdm login manager under KDE 3.0.3 ("unofficial" .debs) > > on my 'sarge' system. > > > > When I installed kdm it noted that it locked down all kinds of settings

Re: How do I allow other users access to X display under kdm?

2002-12-23 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:59, David Marsh wrote: > I'm running the kdm login manager under KDE 3.0.3 ("unofficial" .debs) > on my 'sarge' system. > > When I installed kdm it noted that it locked down all kinds of settings > in order to improve system security, but didn't explain how I could >

Re: Problem connecting app to X display server

2002-06-28 Thread DU
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:19:43PM -0600, Sivea Key wrote: > HI, > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display

Re: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts

2002-06-26 Thread Sivea Key
about ~/.login or ~./profile but I haven't found any more details yet as to the ramifications. To be clearer, I am not actually connecting remotely to the X display server. I am simply connecting a local app to it but had an error instructing me to type "export DISPLAY=:0" before tr

Re: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts

2002-06-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Sivea Key ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 11:42]: > Now, how do I set the DISPLAY (and other variables I had to set for this > program) permanently? And do I set them as root, su, or my normal user > account? Put them in your ~/.bashrc . Although this will make the apps display on the other machine

Re: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts

2002-06-25 Thread Sivea Key
>- Original Message - >From: "Vineet Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:04 AM >Subject: Re: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts >* Sivea Key ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 09:45]: >> [a

Re: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts

2002-06-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Sivea Key ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 09:45]: > [additional efforts] > I did some further research and typed: set DISPLAY :0.0; export > DISPLAY That looks like a mixture of csh-style and sh-style syntax. try isntead DISPLAY=:0 export DISPLAY That's the matter of syntax. As for the matter of s

RE: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts

2002-06-25 Thread Sivea Key
> On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote: > > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but > > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display > > and that I need to r

Re: Problem connecting app to X display server

2002-06-25 Thread Sivea Key
- Original Message - From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sivea Key" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: RE: Problem connecting app to X display server > > On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote

RE: Problem connecting app to X display server

2002-06-24 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote: > HI, > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display > and that I need to run:

Problem connecting app to X display server

2002-06-24 Thread Sivea Key
HI, I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated.   I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display and that I need to run:  export DISPLAY=:0   [or setenv--I'm

X display wmmaker terminal

2002-03-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am having problems getting "wmsetbg" to work from a terminal. I tried typing export DISPLAY=localhost:0 export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 and then wmsetbg -display localhost:0.0 -e pic.gif -w 2 from a terminal (tty1) but I get "could not open display. I also tried xhost +localh

Resolved: Re: X display managers: xauth problems, can't login, connection refused

2001-12-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
t authorized to connect to Server > > I'm using wdm as a local X display manager under Sid/i386. Following a > recent update, I'm no longer able to log in as either an unprivileged > user or root. > > On properly authenticating to the wdmLogin widget, the screen blank

X display managers: xauth problems, can't login, connection refused

2001-12-14 Thread Karsten M. Self
[This is a re-send. Posted earlier this week with no responses. Likewise no updates on my bug reports.] Keywords: xauth Xauthority wdm xdm gdm kdm MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE Client is not authorized to connect to Server I'm using wdm as a local X display manager under Sid/i386. Following a r

X display managers: xauth problems, can't login, connection refused

2001-12-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
Keywords: xauth Xauthority wdm xdm gdm kdm MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE Client is not authorized to connect to Server I'm using wdm as a local X display manager under Sid/i386. Following a recent update, I'm no longer able to log in as either an unprivileged user or root. On properly authenticat

Re: WOODY update: remote clients can't open X display

2001-11-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Rick Macdonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [04 22:53]: > > OK, when I posted this I had tried to check the mailing list archives but > couldn't access the page. It's back now and I found posts about this. > > Running the gdmconfig program installed the changes that I made to remove > the -nolisten

Re: WOODY update: remote clients can't open X display

2001-11-15 Thread Rick Macdonald
OK, when I posted this I had tried to check the mailing list archives but couldn't access the page. It's back now and I found posts about this. Running the gdmconfig program installed the changes that I made to remove the -nolisten option and now it's working again. Beats me where the actual star

WOODY update: remote clients can't open X display

2001-11-14 Thread Rick Macdonald
I updated three woody/sid machines to the current woody today. It had been one to three months since I last updated to woody. Everything went flawlessly (almost 500 packages on one box). But then I later discovered that I can't send X displays back to any of the machines, even if I run "xhost +".

Re: X Display errors

2001-08-24 Thread Duncan Watson
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:28:12AM -0400, David Z. Maze wrote: > The Debian packaging of XFree86 4.x by default disables connections > via TCP, which means that xhost will never have any effect, and you'll > never be able to connect to the machine by using 'hostname:0.0' as the > display name. T

Re: X Display errors

2001-08-23 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 22 Aug 2001 19:01:25 -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > Whenever I try to run something from an Eterm or xterm I get this error: > xmms: can't open display (null) > But my display is set to "sabertooth:0.0". (The correct name). > I've changed it to "localhost:0.0", "127.0.0.1:0.0", and "192.168.1.2:0

Re: X Display errors

2001-08-23 Thread David Z. Maze
ost:0.0", "127.0.0.1:0.0", and "192.168.1.2:0.0". None JM> of them work. I tried running "xhost +". (Eep! No! *Never* run 'xhost +'; it lets anybody anywhere on The Network (TM) connect to your X display, start programs, lock your display, spy on

X Display errors

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Majors
Whenever I try to run something from an Eterm or xterm I get this error: xmms: can't open display (null) But my display is set to "sabertooth:0.0". (The correct name). I've changed it to "localhost:0.0", "127.0.0.1:0.0", and "192.168.1.2:0.0". None of them work. I tried running "xhost +". The stra

Re: KDE2 X display security

2001-07-29 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: >emacs also runs in a non-X mode, though damned if I can remember the >arguments. It's emacs -nw... -- Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: KDE2 X display security

2001-07-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:21:14AM -0700, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If I open a terminal and su, I find I'm unable to open additional > displays (e.g., > su > emacs & > ). > > If I change to a regular terminal and do xhost + then the emacs & as > root works. Don't do that. $

Re: KDE2 X display security

2001-07-28 Thread Andy Saxena
tached script to do this. I can't remember the source, but I read an article that explained why using "xhost +local:" was bad from a security POV. That's where I got this script from. It is lacking in one aspect - It does not remove X-display permissions for the other user once

Re: KDE2 X display security

2001-07-28 Thread Ross Boylan
I'm looking for a configuration file setting so that I won't need to type that command every time I start. On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 03:55:36PM +0200, Philipp Lehman wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >If I change to a regular terminal and do xhost + then the e

Re: KDE2 X display security

2001-07-28 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If I change to a regular terminal and do xhost + then the emacs & as >root works. Are you looking for "xhost +local:"? -- Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

KDE2 X display security

2001-07-28 Thread Ross Boylan
If I open a terminal and su, I find I'm unable to open additional displays (e.g., su emacs & ). If I change to a regular terminal and do xhost + then the emacs & as root works. I know the install script says it's shutting down remote access, but this is local access. I tried removing -nolisten

Re: Root in X Display

2001-05-22 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 06:42:11PM -0500, Dana J . Laude wrote: > Before you su to root type "xhost +local:" (minus the quotes) > and you'll be set. You'll also be allowing anyone and everyone with access to the machine(s) specified in your xhost command to run programs and have them display on yo

Re: Root in X Display

2001-05-21 Thread Shaul Karl
> On Mon, 21 May 2001 16:43:04 Chris Spencer wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the > X Display > > of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su > to root, > > and try to configur

Re: Root in X Display

2001-05-21 Thread Benjamin Black
On Mon, 21 May 2001 16:43:04 Chris Spencer wrote: > Hello, > > How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display > of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root, > and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make x

Root in X Display

2001-05-21 Thread Dana J . Laude
On Mon, 21 May 2001 16:43:04 Chris Spencer wrote: > Hello, > > How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display > of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root, > and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make

Re: Root in X Display

2001-05-21 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:43:04PM -0600, Chris Spencer wrote: > How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display > of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root, > and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make xconfig&qu

Root in X Display

2001-05-21 Thread Chris Spencer
Hello, How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root, and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make xconfig" I get the error: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread Bill White
This could be caused by NFS caches not being updated properly. At my installation, I have the same home directory on all machines. When I start xterms I run a small script ($HOME/bin/xrsh) which execs a program at a known location ($HOME/bin/xrshd) on the remote side. xrsh writes and xrshd reads

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 07:37:36PM +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: | Hi! | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xterm | debug1: Received X11 open request. ... | debug1: X11 connection uses different authentication protocol. | debug1: X11 rejected 0 i1/o16 | debug1: channel 0: read failed ... | debug1: channel 0: se

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread Martin Fluch
Hi Ilya, > MF> Hi! > MF> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xterm > MF> debug1: Received X11 open request. > MF> debug1: fd 4 setting O_NONBLOCK > MF> [..skip..] > MF> debug1: channel 0: input wait_oclose -> closed > MF> X connection to bilbo:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > MF> [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 06:51:55PM +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: | Hello, | | I have two unstable boxes connected via ethernet (bilbo and seneca). | | When I ssh from seneca to bilbo with | |ssh -X bilbo | | and start for example xterm I get the result: | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xterm | chan

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread Ilya Martynov
MF> Hi! MF> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xterm MF> debug1: Received X11 open request. MF> debug1: fd 4 setting O_NONBLOCK MF> [..skip..] MF> debug1: channel 0: input wait_oclose -> closed MF> X connection to bilbo:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). MF> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> Sorry I don't un

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread Martin Fluch
Hi! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xterm debug1: Received X11 open request. debug1: fd 4 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: fd 4 IS O_NONBLOCK debug1: channel 0: new [X11 connection from 192.168.0.2 port 1024] debug1: X11 connection uses different authentication protocol. debug1: X11 rejected 0 i1/o16 debug1: chan

Re: Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread Ilya Martynov
MF> Hello, MF> I have two unstable boxes connected via ethernet (bilbo and seneca). MF> When I ssh from seneca to bilbo with MF>ssh -X bilbo MF> [..skip..] MF> Any hints where to start to look for the problem? Try 'ssh -v -X bilbo'. Is should enable debug output from ssh. Probably it wi

Problems exporting X Display through ssh.

2001-03-29 Thread Martin Fluch
Hello, I have two unstable boxes connected via ethernet (bilbo and seneca). When I ssh from seneca to bilbo with ssh -X bilbo and start for example xterm I get the result: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xterm channel 0: istate 4 != open channel 0: ostate 64 != open X connection to bilbo:10.0 broken

Re: X display

2000-05-01 Thread John Carline
See, it did it again! This letter escaped from my last email :-) r John -- Powered by the Penguin

Re: X display

2000-05-01 Thread John Carline
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 05:58:46PM +, John Carline wrote: > > > > > > > ( what is olwm and many other apprev...I done no!!)? > > > > Missed this question. Olwm is a windows manager not a xserver. You can > > load one windows manager or several and then switch betw

Re: X display

2000-05-01 Thread kmself
On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 05:58:46PM +, John Carline wrote: > > > > > ( what is olwm and many other apprev...I done no!!)? > > Missed this question. Olwm is a windows manager not a xserver. You can > load one windows manager or several and then switch between them. Windows > managers are what yo

Re: X display

2000-04-30 Thread John Carline
> > > ( what is olwm and many other apprev...I done no!!)? Missed this question. Olwm is a windows manager not a xserver. You can load one windows manager or several and then switch between them. Windows managers are what you seed when the xserver starts. Everyone has their favorite. I like fvwm

Re: X display

2000-04-30 Thread John Carline
Elsadig Khanagi wrote: > Dear,Sir > How are you .. Thanks lot for all group members, I go one step and I > need more help. > 1-I install Debain Linux 2.1r2, and I got Debian Login :,,,But when I login > and write startx to load graphic interface... I have error 111 > failed to connect to X sr

X display

2000-04-30 Thread Elsadig Khanagi
Dear,Sir How are you .. Thanks lot for all group members, I go one step and I need more help. 1-I install Debain Linux 2.1r2, and I got Debian Login :,,,But when I login and write startx to load graphic interface... I have error 111 failed to connect to X srever... I didn't have a server I

Starting X Display Server

1999-10-01 Thread Ramana Tadepalli
I am unable to optimally use my display card and monitor in Linux X server works in 4 bit mode only. Using the Quickstart Guide from XFree86 viz. ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/doc/QuickStart.doc I figured out the use of XF86Setup. It runs fine (infact it runs using a 800-600 resolutio

Re: X display problem

1998-07-22 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I have recently installed debian on a laptop. It has the NeoMagic chipset, >and I have read all the files and tried numerous configurations. My problem >is, the screen comes up blank. X is running, because when I click wit

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