[XFree86] Cannot open mylinux:0.0
Hi, I'm using redhat linux 7.3 with the X software that came with the CD. I installed Linux with medium firewall security, it uses DHCP for its IP address. I'm using the machine together with Sun Ultra workstations on Solaris 2.7 and up. I wanted to display applications from the Solaris machines on my Linux computer but I always get 'Cannot open display myip:0.0'. No other message is displayed. I have tried setting up xauth and have made sure I have xhost + and have done setenv DISPLAY myip:0.0. If I type xhost - on the linux machine and try running the solarix x app, I still get the same error. I was expecting Refused by server here. The other way around (linux application being displayed on Solaris machine) works without any problems. I tried running the network device monitor and each time I run the application on the Solaris machine, I will see that the linux network device monitor is receiving data. This leads me to think that there should be no network communication problem from sun to linux. I also tried using a static IP address and I get the same problem. Any suggestions what can be done with this problem? jerome __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Cannot open mylinux:0.0
Hi Andrew, Your email was very helpful. I just turned-off the firewall security (set it to Low) and everything worked fine now. I'm in a company network that has a firewall for outside transactions so I really did not need the medium firewall security for internal network needs. Thank you very much. jerome Hi, I'm using redhat linux 7.3 with the X software that came with the CD. I installed Linux with medium firewall security, it uses DHCP for its IP address. I'm using the machine together with Sun Ultra workstations on Solaris 2.7 and up. I wanted to display applications from the Solaris machines on my Linux computer but I always get 'Cannot open display myip:0.0'. No other message is displayed. I have tried setting up xauth and have made sure I have xhost + and have done setenv DISPLAY myip:0.0. If I type xhost - on the linux machine and try running the solarix x app, I still get the same error. I was expecting Refused by server here. I think that medium firewall security blocks X traffic in that direction. If you want medium security you should not use xhost. Consider xauth instead. I find that ssh makes the xauth cookie management transparent and use it all the time instead of telnet. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
