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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Beartooth
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:22 AM
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Subject: Can I check on remote gpk-update-viewer??
I'm the nearest thing there is to tech support for my
wife's machine (which, like mine, runs F11) -- downstairs.
By running ssh -X instead of plain ssh to it, I can
launch gpk- update-viewer on it -- and, if it wants to update
something I meant to uninstall, uncheck that before I tell it
to do the update.
Today, for some reason, when I start, it sits there far
longer than it ever does on any other machine, or has in the
past on hers -- without reaching completion, and without
indicating as usual what it is doing.
I can't tell whether it is hung up, or just dead slow
for some reason. ps ax shows it, but doesn't tell me much. As
root, I see this :
[root@Msgv2 ~]# gnome-system-monitor &
[1] 5043
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
[root@Msgv2 ~]# X11 connection rejected because of wrong
authentication.
(gnome-system-monitor:5043): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
localhost:11.0 [notice no return to prompt]
but, if I hit ^C, the returning prompt shows me still
logged into her machine.
As user (with my userid, not hers), I see :
-bash-4.0$ gnome-system-monitor &
[1] 5082
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
(gnome-system-monitor:5082): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
localhost:13.0
-bash-4.0$ [userid gets the prompt back]
But, again, I remain logged onto her machine.
The practical solution is of course obvious -- get
clear off ssh to that machine, go down there, and run the
update in the flesh. I probably will.
But I do this more or less every day. Over time, if I
get it right, it will save both considerable time, and also a
lot of superfluous wear and tear on my arthritic knees.
Is there a way? Or am I trying to do something (inside
my own house, and only over the LAN) that Fedora absolutely
blocks because of the use a cracker could make of it over the Net??
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power
User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.
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First, ascertain the nature of your problem (which my guess is whatever
authentication you are using has somehow changed in configuration) 'for
sure', by going down to the machine and seeing if you can run it locally. I
am guessing you will be able to.
Second, look into any updates to ssh (particularly related to X forwarding),
authentication (probably PAM), and gtk-update-viewer, and anything else you
can think of that may have been the victim :) of an update.
I have found the two largest proportions of problems to be updates and the
ubiquitous PEBKAC.
Paul