Bug 131808 - gdmsetup doesn't work after ssh root@locahost
Summary: gdmsetup doesn't work after ssh root@locahost
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-09-05 00:24 UTC by Emmanuel Seyman
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-19 03:36:51 UTC
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Description Emmanuel Seyman 2004-09-05 00:24:05 UTC 
Description of problem:
After running ssh root@localhost, running the command gdmsetup fails with:

(gdmsetup:4638): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

running "xhost + localhost" and "export DISPLAY=LOCALHOST:0.0" fails
to solve the problem.

It works on FC 1 and 2

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.0.3-5

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ssh root@localhost
2. gdmsetup

  
Actual results:

prints out:
 
(gdmsetup:4638): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Expected results:
gdmsetup UI should pop up
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-09-07 03:31:19 UTC 
Did you pass -Y to ssh?
Comment 2 Emmanuel Seyman 2004-09-12 20:03:09 UTC 
Nope. Adding the -Y option solves the problem.
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