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[der.hans]

Am 16. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Dazed_75 so:

moin moin,

what are the responses to my other questions from my last email?

ciao,

der.hans

> 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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