But, isn't that the point of up2date --nox, to not require X? -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jurvis LaSalle Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:21 PM To: golharam@xxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: up2date On Jun 21, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Ryan Golhar wrote: > Here's an interesting note: If I don't have a X-Windows Server > running locally (ReflectionX, etc), then up2date doesn't work even > though I want to use it in command-line mode... > > Shouldn't it just function as expected without trying to establish an > X connection? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryan Golhar > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 5:46 PM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: up2date > > > Recently, I've been trying to run up2date remotely via a shell. > Whenever > I run up2date with or without and parameters, it just drops me back to > the shell. I can't figure out why its not working the way its supposed > to. I did modify the config file for up2date to remove packages from > the skipList. It was working previously, as I only noticed this > problem > recently...has anyone else seen this before? > > ----- > Ryan Golhar > Computational Biologist > The Informatics Institute at > The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ up2date defaults to being an X11 app unless you use --nox (obligatory 'man up2date' suggestion) . If you've got the bandwidth to use X, try 'ssh -XC user@remotehost up2date'. hth, Jurvis LaSalle -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
