On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Matthew Yee-King wrote: > I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run > software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the > remote machine, i export DISPLAY="mylocalIP:0" then on my local > machine, i xhost <memote machineIP> . but it doesn't work - on the > remote machine i get the error > > Error: Can't open display: <mylocalIP>:0 > > is the xserver really locked down by default on debian or something?
Yes. Remove '-nolisten tcp' from whatever starts your X server if you want to do this; it might be /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, or various others. Alternatively, use ssh X forwarding. > if i have a root terminal in an xsession started by a normal user, i > can't use x programs either... 'export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority', then make sure to use plain 'su' or 'sudo' instead of 'su -'. There are other solutions involving xauth, too. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]