[sles-beta] YaST2 from SSH failing again with SLES12B8

Mon Jun 16 14:25:18 MDT 2014

Gregory

Thanks for the link, certainly a very interesting application and may help
when I find PuTTY's terminal emulation options too limiting.

As an aside, you do realise that Macintosh OS has "native" x-server and ssh
clients (functionally identical to Linux)?

Darren

On 17 June 2014 04:59, Gregory D. Rosenberg <gregg at ricis.com> wrote:

> Darren,
>
> OK, thanks! I was just double checking. FYI - I use a mix of OSes. I
> really like ZOC6 for MAC OS or Windows environments. Although it is not
> free like Putty. It is a very powerful package and well worth the ~$80 I
> spent on it. The license allow you to install it on as many machines as you
> like (http://www.emtec.com/zoc/). I have no affiliation with Emtec.
>
>
> On Jun 13, 2014, at 19:24 CDT, Darren Thompson <darrent at akurit.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> Greg
>
> Normally I use:"
>
> ssh -X root@{hostname or ip address}
>
> Once I'm logged in I "normally" can run any x-enabled application and the
> screen is forwarded to the x-server running on my desktop (linux)
>
> I can achieve the same on Windows with PuTTY by checking the x-forwarding
> option and running a "x-server" (I use x-ming).
>
> I did some more testing and when I'm getting this error (oddly not every
> time I connect) I cannot run xterm either so i suspect the issue is in the
> underlying xterm that YaST2 is trying to invoke.
>
> Darren
>
>
> On 14 June 2014 09:24, Gregory D. Rosenberg <gregg at ricis.com> wrote:
>
>> Darren,
>>
>> Do you have to enable any type of forwarding to make this work?
>>
>> On Jun 10, 2014, at 23:27 CDT, Darren Thompson <darrent at akurit.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Team
>>
>> I cannot get YaST2 to run any of it's modules when run through SSH (with
>> X-forwarding enabled)... Again...
>>
>> YaST2 itself starts without error, but when a module is selected I get a
>> "bouncing thing" which stops after a few minutes and no further activity.
>>
>> The "ssh shell" gets this echoed when this issue is occurring:
>> "linux-7z01:~ #
>> ** (y2controlcenter-gnome:5138): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to
>> accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-21DTG0iwLz:
>> Connection refused
>> /usr/bin/xdg-su: line 503:  5163 Segmentation fault      xterm -geom 60x5
>> -T "xdg-su: $cmd" -e su -c "$cmd"
>> "
>>
>> This is the second time I have seen this behaviour (it also happened in
>> B6, seemed to be resolved in B7 and is now back in B8)
>>
>> --
>>
>> Darren Thompson
>>
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>
>
> --
>
> Darren Thompson
>
> Professional Services Engineer / Consultant
>
>  *<image003.jpg>*
>
> Level 3, 60 City Road
>
> Southgate, VIC 3006
>
> Mb: 0400 640 414
>
> Mail: darrent at akurit.com.au <steve at akurit.com.au>
> Web: www.akurit.com.au
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>
> P.S. Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination
> Fund via your phone bill.
>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
>
> --
> 73' & 75'
> Gregory D. Rosenberg AB9MZ
> gregg at ricis.com
>
> RICIS, Inc.
> 7849 Bristol Park Drive
> Tinley Park, IL 60477-4594
> http://www.ricis.com
>
> 708-267-6664 Cell
> 708-444-2690 Office
> 708-444-1115 Fax
> (Please call before sending a fax)
>
>
>
>

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Darren Thompson

Professional Services Engineer / Consultant

 *[image: cid:image001.jpg at 01CB7C0C.6C6A2AE0]*

Level 3, 60 City Road

Southgate, VIC 3006

Mb: 0400 640 414

Mail: darrent at akurit.com.au <steve at akurit.com.au>
Web: www.akurit.com.au
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