[Wylug-help] xauth problem from laptop

[Jim Jackson]

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Gary Stainburn wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> sometimes, when I connect from my new laptop to some of my servers I get the
> following error, and the X windows, BASH auto-complete and other stuff stops
> working.
>
> I connect from my laptop using a kmenu entry of (e.g.)
>
> ssh -Y -C -l root harpo
>
> set to run in a terminal
>
> Anyone know how I fix it?

I'm no "X"pert, but I tend to use the -X option not -Y.
If anyone would like to explain the diference I'd happily listen.

Jim

>
> Gary
>
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
> tcsetattr: Interrupted system call
> Last login: Tue Jun 16 13:52:18 2009 from gary.ringways.co.uk
> [root at harpo ~]# gvim
> gvim
> [root at harpo ~]#  s
>
> [root at harpo ~]#
>
> -- 
> Gary Stainburn
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