Re: Stupid newbie network question

[Matt . Carpenter]

This MUST be executed from within X.

"xhost downstairs" tells X to open up access to "downstairs" so that
"downstairs" is able to communicate with your video/kb/mouse.
A virtual console doesn't have access to tell X this.




                                                                                       
                                            
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On Tuesday 10 July 2001 12:08 pm, you wrote:
> Tim Wunder wrote:
> > Can I get a GUI login from my upstairs PC running Mandrake 8.0 to my
> > downstairs PC running Caldera eD2.4? I'd like to be able to login to my
> > desktop and run my KDE apps if my wife happens to be downstairs on the
> > main PC (and vice versa). I would think that this should be fairly
> > straght-forward, linux being built for networking and all. Is this what
> > VNC is for? I thought VNC was intended to be used when connecting to a
> > linux server from some other O/S (Win, Mac, etc).
> > Care to hit me with a clue stick?
> > Regards,
> > Tim
>
> Assuming hostnames or <upstairs> and <downstairs>
>
> 1. On <upstairs> type:
> # xhost downstairs
>

Received error: xhost: unable to open display""

Do I need to exit X completely before executing this command? I just did
Ctl-Alt-F1 to get a console login and tried it.

> 2. Telnet to 'downstairs'
>
> 3. On 'downstairs' type
> # export DISPLAY=upstairs:0.0
>
> 4. Run your app at the command line as usual, the DISPLAY will be output
> over the network to your machine upstairs.
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