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You sent a private-mail reply to my attempt to help you on a mailing list, and failed to mention having done so. If you expect me to reply privately to your call for help, you need to arrange it with me first, payment in cash, up front. diego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > El jue, 22-04-2004 a las 08:52, Paul Johnson escribió: >> diego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Hello, I have a knoppix just installed and network configured with a >> > fixed IP (lets say 172.16.10.1) and working right. The problem is that >> > if I do: >> > >> > 1) export DISPLAY=:0; xclock ==> It works >> > >> > 2) export DISPLAY=172.16.10.1; xclock ==> It cannot connect to X >> > >> > >> > I have done the "xhost +" part, also check that xfont is on :7100 port >> > and not in :-1 >> >> DO NOT USE XHOST! xhost is considered harmful, use google for a few >> trillion reasons why. Just use ssh -C -X to get displays over the >> network. > > Yes, but I only wanted a quick way of testing as this is a very private > net (I'm the only user) behind a firewall. > > I don't trust in myself anyway.... hehehe. Even in that case, you really shouldn't bother with xhost. ssh takes care of all the hard stuff for you. ssh is simply the easiest, most reliable way to make a window display elsewhere when you're using X. -- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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