Re: Help: X11 (Tiger) and Solaris 9
Re: Help: X11 (Tiger) and Solaris 9
- Subject: Re: Help: X11 (Tiger) and Solaris 9
- From: Rich Cook <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:16:03 -0700
Hi,
FYI,
You should still be able to get by without any xhost command. Try not
using it and see what works. Also, you should not need to open port
6000 on your firewall. ssh tunneling is often used in situations where
there is a firewall because it (safely) "tunnels under" the firewall,
so to speak.
Check your DISPLAY variable on the remote host. If it isn't
"blahblah:0.0" or "blahblah:0" then you can block port 6000 on the
firewall and skip the xhost command. There's no reason to open
yourself up to increased risk. This might also require that your __
local __ DISPLAY be set to :0.
On Jun 8, 2005, at 4:16 AM, Jean M. Feuillet wrote:
Thank you all for your respective suggestions.
While testing to get my X11 session, I had turned off my iMac firewall
and my router/firewall when connected on the VPN hoping that it would
solve the issue and remove one more potential block. As it turns out,
it did not change a thing. Here's what I did and it worked:
- Turned my iMac firewall and my Belkin firewall back on
- Opened port TCP 6000 on the iMac firewall
- Removed the DISPLAY variable from .bash_profile
- Used "xhost devicename" instead of "xhost +"
- From my Xterm, type "ssh -X -2 -Y devicename -l myname"
It worked each time I connected to that device to launch my
application.
Best regards,
Jean M. Feuillet
On Jun 7, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Todd Sampson wrote:
Hi Jean,
Something strange is going on with DISPLAY since X11 version 1.1 and
Tiger. It’s causing me problems.
One thing I think you need to do is take the command out of your
.bash_profile that sets DISPLAY. It makes sense that DISPLAY should
be set to your ip address but it does’nt work anymore.
ssh sets DISPLAY automatically. For me, it sets it to
localhost:10.1. I don’t know why but it works.
Another post said you don’t need to type ‘xhost +’ before you do ssh.
Regards,
todd
From: "Jean M. Feuillet" <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:44:26 -0400
To: <email@hidden>
Cc: "Jean M. Feuillet" <email@hidden>
Subject: Help: X11 (Tiger) and Solaris 9
Greetings,
I have a very bizarre problem with X11 and Solaris 9. I would
appreciate it if you could help me resolving it. Here's the scenario:
I have an iMac G5 running the latest Tiger. I installed X11 and
Xcode (even the latest as of this morning) and I connect to this
network from home using Cisco VPN. On the other side, we have
installed a new Sun v240 dual procs, 8 GB RAM, running Solaris 9. The
only application running is HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.5 and
this is the app that I need to access using X11.
After typing "xhost +" on my terminal, I connect to the Sun box with
the command line: ssh -2 -Y devicename -l myname
At that point, I receive this warning message:
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11
forwarding.
Last login: Tue Jun 7 10:05:48 2005 from 172.21.127.233
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
In my .bash_profile, I have setup the DISPLAY for my static VPN IP
address. So, now I call my app with "ovw &". After a few moments, the
Sun replies:
Error: Can't open display: 172.21.127.233:0.0
Sometimes, it works fine. For example, this morning, I loaded my
application without any problem and used it for several hours until I
logged out. And now it does not connect anymore.
I thought that it was the bandwidth through the VPN, but after
checking on our Concord eHealth, the VPN is working normally without
excessive utilization (below 50%). We also checked the router
downstream of the Sun box and all looks normal.
What do you think that the problem might be?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Best regards,
Jean M. ('Jay') Feuillet
954-294-5771
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