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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:54:22 -0700
From:      "Michael S. Eubanks" <mse_software@charter.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Terry Todd <tlt@badger.tltodd.com>
Subject:   Re: ssh X11 forwarding not working on FreeBSD 6.2
Message-ID:  <1185299662.2034.9.camel@yak.mseubanks.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070724122340.A32857@badger.tltodd.com>
References:  <20070724105922.A29729@badger.tltodd.com> <1185295685.2034.4.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <20070724122340.A32857@badger.tltodd.com>

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On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 12:23 -0500, Terry Todd wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 09:48:05AM -0700, Michael S. Eubanks wrote:
> ...
> > Start by changing the following line from
> >
> > X11DisplayOffset 10
> >
> > to
> >  
> > X11DisplayOffset 1
> ...
> 
> OK, I tried that.  No difference.
> 
> Here's what heppened on the FreeBSD 6.2 system:
> $
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> localhost:1.0
> $
> $ xhost
> Xlib: connection to "localhost:1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attempted
> xhost:  unable to open display "localhost:1.0"
> $
> $ xhost +
> Xlib: connection to "localhost:1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attempted
> xhost:  unable to open display "localhost:1.0"
> $ xterm
> Xlib: connection to "localhost:1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attempted
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:1.0
> $

Question.  How many X servers do you have running?  Are you logged into
a window manager when you are attempting to connect?


> 
> 
> 
> Here's what happens on the FC6 system:
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> localhost:13.0
> $
> $ xhost
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> INET:terry-pc.egizone.com
> LOCAL:
> $
> 
> Terry Todd
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 09:48:05AM -0700, Michael S. Eubanks wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 10:59 -0500, Terry Todd wrote:
> > > I have installed Xming successfully on a Windows XP system. 
> > > It works OK to a FC6 system and an older UNIXware system. 
> > >  
> > > However when trying to connect to a FreeBSD 6.2 system with PuTTY
> > > ssh it doesn't work.  PuTTY has Enable X11 forwarding checked.
> > >  
> > > Here's what I get: 
> > >  
> > > $ 
> > > $ xhost 
> > > Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server 
> > > Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attempted 
> > > xhost: unable to open display "localhost:10.0" 
> > > $ 
> > >  
> > > What can be wrong? 
> > >  
> > > I have ssh configured as follows: 
> > > # grep X11 /etc/ssh/* 
> > > /etc/ssh/ssh_config:ForwardX11 yes 
> > > /etc/ssh/ssh_config:ForwardX11Trusted yes 
> > > /etc/ssh/sshd_config:X11Forwarding yes 
> > > /etc/ssh/sshd_config:X11DisplayOffset 10 
> > > /etc/ssh/sshd_config:X11UseLocalhost yes 
> > >  
> > 
> > Start by changing the following line from
> > 
> > X11DisplayOffset 10
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > X11DisplayOffset 1
> > 
> > According to the sshd_conf man page, looks like the number should be set
> > to the display that you want to forward (the first available display).
> > 
> > 
> > > Here is the Xming log file: 
> > > Welcome to the Xming X Server 
> > > Vendor: Colin Harrison 
> > > Release: 6.9.0.24 
> > > FreeType2: 2.3.0 
> > > Contact: http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=156984 
> > > 
> > > C:\Program Files\Xming\Xming.exe :0 -ac -clipboard -multiwindow  
> > >  
> > > XdmcpRegisterConnection: newAddress x.x.x.x 
> > > winPrefsLoadPreferences: C:\Program Files\Xming\Xmingrc 
> > > LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file... 
> > > winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel 
> > > winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1600 height: 1200 depth: 32 
> > > winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 
> > > glWinInitVisuals:1511: glWinInitVisuals 
> > > init_visuals:1055: init_visuals 
> > > null screen fn ReparentWindow 
> > > null screen fn RestackWindow 
> > > InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init 
> > > InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned 
> > > InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init 
> > > InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned 
> > > winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello 
> > > winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () 
> > > winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello 
> > > winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () 
> > > glWinScreenProbe:1390: glWinScreenProbe 
> > > fixup_visuals:1303: fixup_visuals 
> > > init_screen_visuals:1336: init_screen_visuals 
> > > (--) 5 mouse buttons found 
> > > (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 
> > > (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409)  
> > > (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4" 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming/fonts/misc/, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming/fonts/TTF/, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming\fonts\dejavu, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\Program Files\Xming\fonts\cyrillic, removing from list! 
> > > Could not init font path element C:\WINDOWS\Fonts, removing from list! 
> > > winInitMultiWindowWM - pthread_mutex_lock () returned. 
> > > winInitMultiWindowWM - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned. 
> > > winMultiWindowXMsgProc - pthread_mutex_lock () returned. 
> > > winInitMultiWindowWM - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 
> > > winMultiWindowXMsgProc - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned. 
> > > winMultiWindowXMsgProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 
> > > winProcEstablishConnection - Hello 
> > > winInitClipboard () 
> > > winProcEstablishConnection - winInitClipboard returned. 
> > > winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. 
> > > winClipboardProc - Hello 
> > > DetectUnicodeSupport - Windows XP 
> > > winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 
> > > winMultiWindowXMsgProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. 
> > > winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Here is the PuTTY event log: 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Looking up host "x.x.x.x" 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Connecting to x.x.x.x port 22 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.5p1 FreeBSD-20061110 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Snapshot_2005_05_03:r5737 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Using SSH protocol version 2 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Host key fingerprint is: 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 ssh-dss 1024 06:2a:c4:9c:e7:6a:f8:0d:5a:17:e9:b0:e3:79:1c:a5 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR client->server encryption 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Initialised HMAC-SHA1 client->server MAC algorithm 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR server->client encryption 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:53:57 Initialised HMAC-SHA1 server->client MAC algorithm 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:06 Access granted 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:06 Opened channel for session 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:06 Requesting X11 forwarding 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:06 X11 forwarding enabled 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:06 Allocated pty (ospeed 38400bps, ispeed 38400bps) 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:06 Started a shell/command 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:17 Received X11 connect request from 127.0.0.1:53737 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:17 Opening X11 forward connection succeeded 
> > > 2007-07-24 09:54:17 Forwarded X11 connection terminated 
> > >  
> > 
> > 
> > -Michael S. Eubanks
> >  mse_software@charter.net
> > 

-Michael S. Eubanks
 mse_software@charter.net






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