ssh -Y question

[Dazed_75]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:25 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:

> Am 16. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Dazed_75 so:
>
>  On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:12 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Am 16. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Dazed_75 so:
>>>
>>>
>>>  I used to regularly do ssh -X user at machine or ssh -Y user at 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 at 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
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>  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).
>>
>
> OK, we might have to debug the gconf stuff :).
>
> Before that, try starting a non-GNOME app such as xterm or xeyes.
>

Aaah, both work on both machines.  Not sure what to do from there.


>
>   Last login: Mon Oct 15 16:37:44 2012 from sunfish.thiel.org
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  larry at 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/ <http://projects.gnome.org/**gconf/><http://projects.gnome.**
>>>>> org/gconf/ <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)
>>>>>
>>>>
> ls -ld /tmp/dbus-*
>
> Wonder if it's trying to use the wrong socket. There might be a stale
> socket since you're running headless, but boot should fix that by cleaning
> out /tmp. Does fogtest get shutdown or do you hibernate it?
>
> The obvious solution is you need to start using vim :).
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>  ^C
>>>>> larry at 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 at 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 at sunfish:~$ gedit
>>>>> larry at sunfish:~$
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Anyone know where to look or how to fix fogtest?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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