X11/ssh X-forwarding/Terminal.app connection wierdness
X11/ssh X-forwarding/Terminal.app connection wierdness
- Subject: X11/ssh X-forwarding/Terminal.app connection wierdness
- From: "andy law (RI)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:39:05 -0000
- Thread-topic: X11/ssh X-forwarding/Terminal.app connection wierdness
All,
Apologies if this is either (a) well-known or (b) due to my stupidity or
lack of understanding. I cannot find mention of the problem in the FAQ
and the bug-reporter won't let me log in to search against known bugs.
Background:
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24" iMac with stock 10.5.1 and all recent updates installed.
The problem:
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1) Fire up Terminal.app
2) run ssh with X-forwarding to connect to remote machine (ssh -X
email@hiddenne). Authenticating with ssh keys. Get standard warning
about xauth data and successful login. X11 launches automagically.
Remote X11 apps work OK
3) fire up another window in Terminal, make another connection as
before, remote X11 apps work OK.
4) exit from all remote shells and exit and close terminal windows. Quit
X11.
5) Open terminal window and make new connection to remote machine using
X forwarding. X11 launches again. Remote X11 apps think they are running
but don't appear on my screen.
6) Kill X11 processes on remote machine.
7) Quit X11 - get warning about wanting to quit X11 and it killing
currently running X11 apps. Click Quit
8) X11 still running (I suspect that *another* instance is being
launched). Quit X11 again. Now it's gone.
9) Run X11 application at remote machine. X11 launches and windows
display properly.
Now...
10) exit from all remote shells and exit and close terminal windows.
Quit X11. (cf step 4)
11) Open terminal window and make new connection to remote machine using
X forwarding with the -Y flag (ssh -X email@hiddenne). X11 doesn't
launch. Run X11 app on the remote machine and X11 launches on local
machine and displays them just fine.
WTF?
Any one else seen this? Can someone explain to me what is going on?
TIA,
Andy
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