CyberLeo Kitsana <cyber...@cyberleo.net> wrote: > On 01/10/2013 05:09 PM, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > When trying to open an X application on a remote display, > > I am getting > > > > No protocol specified > > Error: cannot open display: 192.168.200.61:0 > > > > The "No protocol specified" message is bogus: the display is > > specified correctly*, and the same operation -- with exactly > > the same setting of DISPLAY -- was working yesterday ... > > > > What does that message actually mean, and how do I fix it? > > The error is with regards to the X protocol, not the TCP or UNIX socket > protocol. Check that both sides have compatible and matching X authority > information using xauth(1), or that the connecting host or user was > allowed to connect using xhost(1).
The problem does indeed have something to do with authority/permission, since "xhost +" fixes it. (Not the best solution, but sufficient to demonstrate where the trouble lies.) I still claim that the message is bogus. It's now perfectly clear that both ends know exactly what protocol to use, and they are using it -- else telling the server to accept all remote connections would have made no difference. The message should mention authority and/or permission, instead of pretending that the client can't figure out what protocol to use because none was "specified". _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"