window managers don't work over ssh
cpghost at cordula.ws
cpghost at cordula.ws
Mon Jan 17 17:16:40 PST 2005
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:43:27PM +0000, Xian wrote:
> I cant seem to make any window manager work over ssh, but they all work
> locally. I am using Xorg now, and i didn't have this problem with XFree86.
>
> I start X with just xterm for testing:
>
> startx /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>
> and then type
>
> ssh -CXf my.home.machine twm
Hello Xian,
sometimes using -Y instead of -X solves a lot of X11 forwarding
problems. Not sure if it would solve your problem, but did you try this?
> in the xterm and it tells me it cant find any unmanaged screens.
>
> Ive no idea whats doing wrong because other X apps work over ssh and window
> managers work locally.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
> --
> /Xian
Good luck,
-cpghost.
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