[expert] xterm from mandrake to solaris box
Hi out there at the screens, I've got a borderline case here... I'm in the process of switching from a Windows environment to an Mandrake based one. Right now I'm struggling with the following problem: I want to connect with a xterm-Window from my Mandrake Box to a SUN Solaris box. I must use X since I want to start an X app located on the Solaris machine. I'm using a dual-boot workstation. On the Windows half with Hummingbird eXceed installed and used everything works fine and easy since years. Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX books it should be as easy as using the following command: xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) But all I get is the following error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 (same holds true for variations of the -display option: -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.) I was assuming that remotely accessing an X-Server would be as easy as connecting with telnet or VNC to another machine. Obviously it is not :-( ... It can't be an Solaris or network issue since I'm using in both cases the same machine with the same IP. With Windows (eXceed) it works, with Mandrake (XFree86) it refuses to do so... Hence it must be something with the local command execution or the local linux X configuration... I checked various Linux and Unix books, but they didn't come up with anything helpful. I searched this mailing lists' archive: nothing. I googled for it. I found the XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO. They're saying in paragraph 6.2: You can run X on a Linux box, instructing it to query a Solaris machine as previously described: /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query 66.66.66.66 Obviously I'm not an X guru ;-). If I start another X server, how can a xterm then decide which one to connect to (the local one or the remote one on Solaris) ? I don't want to set up a complete X-terminal. The Linux worksation should stay on its own. It just should open one xterm (or x-app) on another machine. I examined the eXceed config files for this case (windblows). They say: [Xstart] Start Method=0 Command=xterm -display 9.9.9.9 Host=66.66.66.66 Host Type=SUN (...) OK - obviously I got the xterm's command syntax wrong. The -display option has to point to the machine the xterm is running on (and not as I read and assumed first to the remote machine). But how to I tell my xterm then which host it should connect to ? I browsed a little bit thru /etc/X/ and found /etc/x/xdm/Xservers. But that's too deep inside X for me. I didn't want to play arround with X' config... Now I'm kinda lost... Any pointers ? Many thanx for your help in advance ! Greetings from the polish border :-) Oliver Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] xterm from mandrake to solaris box
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Oliver Thieke wrote: Hi out there at the screens, I've got a borderline case here... I'm in the process of switching from a Windows environment to an Mandrake based one. Right now I'm struggling with the following problem: I want to connect with a xterm-Window from my Mandrake Box to a SUN Solaris box. I must use X since I want to start an X app located on the Solaris machine. I'm using a dual-boot workstation. On the Windows half with Hummingbird eXceed installed and used everything works fine and easy since years. Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX books it should be as easy as using the following command: xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) But all I get is the following error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 (same holds true for variations of the -display option: -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.) It seems that you're trying to run an X application on the Solaris box and have it display on the local Mandrake box. If so, try this: Assuming the mandrake box is called host1 and the sun is host2: On the local Mandrake box type in an Xterm: xhost + host2 telnet host2 (login) DISPLAY=host1:0; export DISPLAY xterm This should start an xterm on your local machine that's running on the remote. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] xterm from mandrake to solaris box
On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 17:08, Oliver Thieke wrote: Hi out there at the screens, I've got a borderline case here... I'm in the process of switching from a Windows environment to an Mandrake based one. Right now I'm struggling with the following problem: I want to connect with a xterm-Window from my Mandrake Box to a SUN Solaris box. I must use X since I want to start an X app located on the Solaris machine. I'm using a dual-boot workstation. On the Windows half with Hummingbird eXceed installed and used everything works fine and easy since years. Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX books it should be as easy as using the following command: xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 Try running xhost + on your linux box before running the xterm on Sol. -Mark (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) But all I get is the following error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 (same holds true for variations of the -display option: -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.) I was assuming that remotely accessing an X-Server would be as easy as connecting with telnet or VNC to another machine. Obviously it is not :-( ... It can't be an Solaris or network issue since I'm using in both cases the same machine with the same IP. With Windows (eXceed) it works, with Mandrake (XFree86) it refuses to do so... Hence it must be something with the local command execution or the local linux X configuration... I checked various Linux and Unix books, but they didn't come up with anything helpful. I searched this mailing lists' archive: nothing. I googled for it. I found the XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO. They're saying in paragraph 6.2: You can run X on a Linux box, instructing it to query a Solaris machine as previously described: /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query 66.66.66.66 Obviously I'm not an X guru ;-). If I start another X server, how can a xterm then decide which one to connect to (the local one or the remote one on Solaris) ? I don't want to set up a complete X-terminal. The Linux worksation should stay on its own. It just should open one xterm (or x-app) on another machine. I examined the eXceed config files for this case (windblows). They say: [Xstart] Start Method=0 Command=xterm -display 9.9.9.9 Host=66.66.66.66 Host Type=SUN (...) OK - obviously I got the xterm's command syntax wrong. The -display option has to point to the machine the xterm is running on (and not as I read and assumed first to the remote machine). But how to I tell my xterm then which host it should connect to ? I browsed a little bit thru /etc/X/ and found /etc/x/xdm/Xservers. But that's too deep inside X for me. I didn't want to play arround with X' config... Now I'm kinda lost... Any pointers ? Many thanx for your help in advance ! Greetings from the polish border :-) Oliver Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] xterm from mandrake to solaris box
Hi! You should accept connection from X servers to your tty with xhost + in any xterm or konsole in the mandrake machine. (this accept from everyone.. use with care) More info man xhost XHOST(1) XHOST(1) NAME xhost - server access control program for X SYNOPSIS xhost [[+-]name ...] DESCRIPTION The xhost program is used to add and delete host names or user names to the list allowed to make connections to the X server. In the case of hosts, this provides a rudimen tary form of privacy control and security. It is only sufficient for a workstation (single user) environment, although it does limit the worst abuses. Environments which require more sophisticated measures should implement the user-based mechanism or use the hooks in the protocol for passing other authentication data to the server. El Jue 15 Ago 2002 18:08, Oliver Thieke escribió: Hi out there at the screens, I've got a borderline case here... I'm in the process of switching from a Windows environment to an Mandrake based one. Right now I'm struggling with the following problem: I want to connect with a xterm-Window from my Mandrake Box to a SUN Solaris box. I must use X since I want to start an X app located on the Solaris machine. I'm using a dual-boot workstation. On the Windows half with Hummingbird eXceed installed and used everything works fine and easy since years. Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX books it should be as easy as using the following command: xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) But all I get is the following error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 (same holds true for variations of the -display option: -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.) I was assuming that remotely accessing an X-Server would be as easy as connecting with telnet or VNC to another machine. Obviously it is not :-( ... It can't be an Solaris or network issue since I'm using in both cases the same machine with the same IP. With Windows (eXceed) it works, with Mandrake (XFree86) it refuses to do so... Hence it must be something with the local command execution or the local linux X configuration... I checked various Linux and Unix books, but they didn't come up with anything helpful. I searched this mailing lists' archive: nothing. I googled for it. I found the XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO. They're saying in paragraph 6.2: You can run X on a Linux box, instructing it to query a Solaris machine as previously described: /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query 66.66.66.66 Obviously I'm not an X guru ;-). If I start another X server, how can a xterm then decide which one to connect to (the local one or the remote one on Solaris) ? I don't want to set up a complete X-terminal. The Linux worksation should stay on its own. It just should open one xterm (or x-app) on another machine. I examined the eXceed config files for this case (windblows). They say: [Xstart] Start Method=0 Command=xterm -display 9.9.9.9 Host=66.66.66.66 Host Type=SUN (...) OK - obviously I got the xterm's command syntax wrong. The -display option has to point to the machine the xterm is running on (and not as I read and assumed first to the remote machine). But how to I tell my xterm then which host it should connect to ? I browsed a little bit thru /etc/X/ and found /etc/x/xdm/Xservers. But that's too deep inside X for me. I didn't want to play arround with X' config... Now I'm kinda lost... Any pointers ? Many thanx for your help in advance ! Greetings from the polish border :-) Oliver -- = Lic. Alfredo Carlos López INIFTA - UNLP Phone: +54-221-425 7430 Instituto de InvestigacionesFax: +54-221-425 4642 Fisicoquímicas Teórica y Aplicada. Suc. 4 C.C. 16 1900 La Plata, Argentina Calle 68 nro.74 (e118/119) Dto. 15Phone: +54-221-423 6240 1900 La Plata, Argentina Cell-Phone: +54-221-(15) 455 0141 = One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] xterm from mandrake to solaris box
On Thursday 15 August 2002 17:08, Oliver Thieke wrote: Hi out there at the screens, Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX books it should be as easy as using the following command: xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) But all I get is the following error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 (same holds true for variations of the -display option: -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.) Hi! I don't know if you've figured out your problem yet, but I think you have the direction wrong. your command: xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 would open an xterminal displaying on the Solaris box, since you say that 66.66.66.66 is the ip address for the Solaris machine. You need to connect to the Solaris machine, and tell it to run an xterm on the Mandrake box: [Mandrake]$ xhost +Solaris.box Solaris.box being added to access control list [Mandrake]$ rsh Solaris.box xterm -display Mandrake.box However, it is much safer to use ssh, which will take care of access control on it's own: [Mandrake]$ ssh Solaris.box xterm Best regards, Chuck -- +-% He's a real UNIX Man $-+-+ \ Sitting in his UNIX LAN \ Charles A. Shirley \ \ Making all his UNIX plans \ cashirley (at) comcast (dot) net \ +--# For nobody --+-+ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
