On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > On 07/01/2011 10:54 AM, Adam Pribyl wrote: >> Does someone know how to start remote applications in/from gnome-shell >> via ssh -X from remote machine? Most of apps I try to start from remote > > Does it work when you use ssh -Y - -X has not worked for many applications in > years (FC4-ish?) since it requests untrusted X11 forwarding subject to the X11 > SECURITY extension restrictions (see man ssh and the discussion of -X/-Y and > ForwardX11Trusted). > > Be aware of the fact that you are trusting the remote machine when you use -Y - > it is possible for a malicious user on that system to attack your local X server > via the forwarded connection. > > That said though, this is working for me between f15 and older releases and vice > versa with both -X and -Y. > >> machine, complains about dbus and dies, or just plainly does not start. I >> can start xterm or xclock, but e.g. gnome-terminal can not. I >> know remote desktop sharing works only in fallback mode. So it is also not > > Desktop sharing works fine here in native gnome-shell mode. There are a few > visual glitches but it is usable. > >> possible to run any remote application? Or is this some dbus feature? > > Can you post the output? What release(s) are you seeing this with? Thanks for your answer. This helps me to look whats wrong with my test system. I found there is something wrong with dbus as I am missing there a dbus-launch --autolaunch process. Then apps just say something like: ** (gedit:7655): WARNING **: Could not connect to session bus So far I was not able to find why this happens. > Regards, > Bryn. Adam Pribyl -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
