[GRASS-dev] wish error on MacOSX with GRASS+X tunneled from a Linux Box

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> > >>> I am trying to run GRASS on a mini-Mac OSX system but getting a wish
> > >>> error. The binary is on a Linux system, I am logging in and
> > >>> tunneling X over a ssh connection.   (1.5 week old 6.1 CVS)
> > >>> It works fine if called from another Linux system.
> > >>>
> > >>> ssh -X user at linuxbox
> > >
> > > Kirk:
> > >> Give ssh -Y user at linuxbox a try.
> > >
> > > Hamish:
> > >>> That worked. thanks!
> > >
> > > just to note that on an older version of OSX I had to use "ssh -X",
> > > which worked.
> > 
> > Right. I think I had to start using the trusted host thing with  
> > Tiger. I put a note to that effect on the Wiki. Trouble is I can  
> > never remember where on the Wiki I put it.
> 
> http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Tips_and_Tricks#Running_GRASS_remotely_on_OS_X

Note that this isn't specific to OSX, but to all remote X sessions
using recent versions of ssh.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>