Problem on starting X

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June 27th, 2007, 01:42 AM

satimis

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Problem on starting X

Hi folks,

OpenBSD 4.0

After login as User and ran
$ startx

Code:

Xauth: Creating new authroity file /home/satimis/.serverauth:19055

it was hanging here

Pressed
^c ^c (twice)
X window started.

On console;
$ firefox &

sometime it worked another time no. Pls adise how to fix the problem.

TIA

B.R.
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July 3rd, 2007, 12:23 AM

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Sounds like xauth is hanging trying to create the .Xauthority file. Please check the following:
1. Make sure that the following is set in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
X11Forwarding yes
(this is normally set to no by default, if you didn't select the running X option in the installer)
2. Make sure the following is set in /etc/ssh/ssh_config
ForwardAgent yes
ForwardX11 yes

Also do a sysctl -a | grep machdep and make sure that machdep.allowaperture = 2

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July 3rd, 2007, 03:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorpions4ever

# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep X11Forwarding

Code:

#X11Forwarding no
#       X11Forwarding no

Uncomment and change it to "yes"

Quote:

2. Make sure the following is set in /etc/ssh/ssh_config
ForwardAgent yes
ForwardX11 yes

# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep ForwardAgent
No printout

# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep ForwardX11
No printout

Shall I create them??? TIA

Quote:

Also do a sysctl -a | grep machdep and make sure that machdep.allowaperture = 2

# sysctl -a | grep machdep

Code:

machdep.console_device=ttyC0
machdep.bios.diskinfo.0=bootdev = 0xa0000202, cylinders = 80, heads = 2, sectors = 18
machdep.bios.diskinfo.128=bootdev = 0xa0000200, cylinders = 1023, heads = 255, sectors = 63
machdep.bios.cksumlen=1
machdep.allowaperture=2
machdep.cpuvendor=AuthenticAMD
machdep.cpufeature=396098559
machdep.kbdreset=0

"machdep.allowaperture=2" is there.

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July 3rd, 2007, 03:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep X11Forwarding

Code:

#X11Forwarding no
#       X11Forwarding no

Uncomment and change it to "yes"

Also restart your sshd after this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep ForwardAgent
No printout

# cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep ForwardX11
No printout

Shall I create them??? TIA

Note for the above, I said to check /etc/ssh/ssh_config, not sshd_config

July 3rd, 2007, 09:09 PM

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Hi Scorpions4ever,

Quote:

Note for the above, I said to check /etc/ssh/ssh_config, not sshd_config

Oh, sorry. I made a mistake.

Both of them were commented out. Change them as advised. Reboot PC. Problem seems gone. I'll come back to this forum should problem reoccurs. Tks.

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