cannot start x11vnc from remote via ssh (11.4 Gnome)

Opensuse 11.4 and Gnome

I cannot get x11vnc to start via ssh. I keep running in to this MIT magic cookie.

I have tried the -findauth and -auth guess but I am told .Xauthority is not set.

ps wwaux | grep auth which worked for me under KDE does not help.

I am using x11vnc so that I can export the active seesion :0

Alan

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:46:03 +0000, chrazer wrote:

> Opensuse 11.4 and Gnome
>
> I cannot get x11vnc to start via ssh. I keep running in to this MIT
> magic cookie.
>
> I have tried the -findauth and -auth guess but I am told .Xauthority is
> not set.
>
> ps wwaux | grep auth which worked for me under KDE does not help.
>
> I am using x11vnc so that I can export the active seesion :0

What are you passing to the -auth parameter?

I’ve found that x11vnc has to run as root because in 11.4 with gdm (at
least), the authority file is not world-readable.

Jim


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