[Aurora-sparc-user] v2.99 upgrade vs. Install to 3.0?

[Jeff Norton]

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:44:39 -0400
Charles Tryon <baggins at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>   Do you have any leads on this?  I've been poking some more, and find
> that the problem may be broader.  I'm finding that I can't seem to run
> any of the gnome based tools with the X-display back to another X server
> (FC6 based laptop for example).  The xterm works, as does xeyes, but if
> I try to remotely start gnome-terminal over a ssh link, it brings up the
> start of a window, flashes a bug-buddy window, and then vanishes.  I use
> "ssh -Y", so the ssh tunnel should allow all connections.
> 
>   Firefox crashes.  Pidgin creates the toolbar icon, but if I open the
> window, it seg-faults.  Gnome calculator does the same blink-bug-buddy
> and crashes. Xterm, xeyes and xfontsel (i.e., low level X libs apps)
> seem to work fine.
> 
>   Most of these seem to work when run directly from the console (running
> X), though some of them whine about the fact that the video adapter is
> only running 256 colors. :-P
>

ssh -Y pretty much dosen't work on any FC6 F7 system 
to/from older systems
probably related to 
 Warning: No xauth data;

The program 'gaim' received an X Window System error
The program 'gthumb' received an X Window System error