Re: problems running ROOT from my laptop using X11

Try adding the -Y option after the -X option to ssh. Newer versions of SSH distinguish between "X11 forwarding" (-X) and "trusted X11 forwarding" (-Y) and ROOT seems to require the trusted version.

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Stan Seibert

On Nov 2, 2005, at 5:12 AM, Fabrizio Salvatore wrote:



> Hi,

>

> I have a problem running ROOT from my laptop. I've setup cygwin and  

> I then use rxvt.exe to connect to one of the machines at the  

> university:

>

> D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -ls -si -sk -sb -fg black -bg Wheat -fn 7x14 -g

> 120x24 -T "machinename.domain" -e ssh -X -l mylogin machinename.domain

>

> Now, if I run ROOT on that machine (ROOT 4, with ROOT set up with  

> ROOTSYS=/usr/local/root/v4.02.00/slc3.gcc3.2.3/root)

>

> I have the following error message:

>

> Error in <RootX11ErrorHandler>: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) (XID:

> 39, XREQ: 18)

>

> and I cannot open any canvas:

>

> Error in <RootX11ErrorHandler>: BadAccess (attempt to access private

> resource denied) (XID: 58, XREQ: 102)

>

> Any idea what is the problem ?

>

> If, instead of ROOT, I run other programs opening graphic windows  

> (like

> PAW or emacs), I don't have such problem.

>

> Any idea what this is related to ?

>

> Thanks for any help/suggestion !

>

>                 Fab

>

> Note: I'm not running ROOT from cygwin (or Windows), I just use  

> cygwin from my Windows laptop to open an xterm !

>

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