[X-Unix] XWindows

[AKappyCT]

Thanks John, your message pointed the way.

printenv DISPLAY returned:
Powerbook: :0.0

I had been using SSH -2Xl name host
I tried using SSH -Y and it worked like a charm

Interesting, man SSH (TIger) found no man page, man (Panther) SSH shows 
no Y flag.

What does the Y flag do? Do you think I need to install the whole XCode 
kit to get the rest of the man pages?

Andy


On May 24, 2005, at 8:53 AM, John Harrold wrote:

> Sometime in May AKappyCT assaulted the keyboard and produced:
>
> | My new PowerBook came with Tiger installed - generally a joy to 
> behold.
> | Until I got to XWindows.
> | Got X11 loaded and proceeded to initiate a familiar XWindows session
> | with my server at the office.
> |
> | The result:
> |
> | X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
> |   Major opcode of failed request:  18 (X_ChangeProperty)
> |   Atom id in failed request:  0xba
> |   Serial number of failed request:  221
> |   Current serial number in output stream:  224
>
> I guess the first question is how are you poiting the remote client to 
> your
> x server? I use the x11 forwarding on ssh (-X), though sometimes I 
> need to
> use -Y. Run the following on your powerbook and on the remote client:
>
> printenv DISPLAY
>
> This is what I get:
>
> Powerbook:            :0.0
> Debian (client):      localhost:10.0
>
> If you're using ssh, use the -v switch to get the verbose output.
>
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