Remote login, then nothing happens

[Peter Valdemar Morch]

Hi,

This is a mailing list about the X server in Cygwin. Sounds to me like 
you are asking about ssh specific stuff.

Andy Schmidgall mrflippy-at-tresgeek.net |Lists| wrote:
> I'm running cygwin/X on my Windows XP Home box, and am trying to connect 
> to my Linux (Fedora Core 4) box. X runs fine on my windows machine, but 
> I can't seem to get the remote connection working. I've tried ssh -X, 
> ssh -Y, multiple combinations of options for those. All result in the 
> same thing: I'm asked for my password, I enter it, and then... nothing. 
> Nothing else happens. The logs on the linux box indicate that it 
> accepted the ssh session. X Forwarding is enabled in my ssh config file 
> on the linux box. I've read and reread the FAQ and documentation. I see 
> nothing of note in any logs that I can find. Any ideas what might be wrong?

If you open a non-X cygwin session in a "dos box", and then type:
cygwin-prompt> DISPLAY=:0 xwininfo.exe -root
Does that show information or an error message?

cygwin-prompt> DISPLAY=:0 ssh -Y user@server
do you then get a
Password:
prompt?

If you do, and you enter your linux password, do you then get a prompt 
on your linux box? If not, this question is probably not related to X at 
all. Contact e.g. another cygwin list.

If you then do e.g.
linux-prompt> echo $DISPLAY
and then
linux-prompt> xterm
  or
linux-prompt> xwininfo -root

Then what happens?

Or have I misunderstood your problem? Regardless of the answer to that 
question, does ssh -Y work like I've just described?

Peter


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