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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:35 PM, dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Lately I've been getting this MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE error. It only happens |
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> when I'm logged into my home amd64 box from my office x86 box. I use |
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> ssh -X ip.add.res.s to log in. Everything seems to work and save fine |
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> except for the error message and not being able to run an x-application |
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> remotely. |
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> |
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> The first error occurs when I try to run an x-application remotely. |
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> $ jpilot |
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> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyInvalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key |
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> (jpilot:16276): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:11.0 |
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> |
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> The second error occurs after I exit a file from a text editor. |
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> $ vi file.txt |
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> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyInvalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key |
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> |
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> I've been doing this for years without any problems and this probably |
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> started in the last month or so. |
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> |
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> I've seen a few things on line, but nothing that looks right. I also |
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> don't want to run the xhost+ command. |
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> |
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> Any ideas? |
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I think you need to use xauth to check the permissions. Did your |
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remote machine name or something else like that significantly change |
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recently? |
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