Re: Redhat WS 4, AIX 5.2.0.4, X11 apps problem

Quoting Travis Johnson <travis_johnson@genpt.com>:

> Greetings,
>
>       Yesterday I began experiencing problems with my new install of redhat
> WS 4.  In the morning I was able to connect to my AIX 5.2.0.4 machines
> and make X11 apps show up on my desktop.  By the end of the day I tried
> to connect to these same servers and can no longer get X windows to
> start up.  I've done an xhost+ even to see if that would help and it did
> not.  So now I'm to the point where I'm running ssh in debug mode and I
> come across this error I've never seen before and googling for it
> doesn't return any results.  Here is a copy of the error I'm receiving:

<snip>

> Now I've done a xhost+ to ensure that doesn't cause problems.
> hqs6000q.genpt.net is the AIX box.  tjohnson is the redhat WS 4 box.
> I can successfully connect to other Redhat ES/AS servers and do X-apps,
> only the AIX servers now don't work.  Those other Redhat servers can
> successfully connect and run X-apps.  It appears to only be my
> workstation that's broke.  Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

I believe the default setting for X11 forwarding changed in RHEL 4.  Try using
ssh -X which will explicity enable X11 forwarding.


Barry