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. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
