[NTLUG:Discuss] X11 Connection Rejection

[Chris Cox]

Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I recently upgraded my OS from SuSE 8.0 to SuSE 8.2.  Now, whenever I 
> log into another compputer and try to bring up a gui application 
> (Mozilla, Eclipse, Kwrite, etc), I get the following error;
> 
> 20187: X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
> kwrite: Fatal IO error: client killed
> 
> I have no clue right now as to where to look to answer this.
> 
> Help?

I'm guessing that you're using SSH.  Perhaps a difference
between version 1 and version 2?  Try ssh -1 ... (that's
ssh -"one" to force version one, likewise you can try
ssh -2 to force version two protocol).

Let me know if you're seeing this message and you're
not using SSH.