On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:12:33 +1100 Zhasper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30/01/07, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 30/01/07, Zhasper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On the machine that you're trying to connect to, try running (as > > > root) netstat -ntlp for me. > > > > > > I think you'll find that X isn't listening on any TCP socket. It > > > certainly isn't on my ubuntu desktop. > > > > > > The X server on the remote machine shouldn't have anything to do > > with this. You can run X clients on a CPU which doesn't have a > > server as long as they have a valiud $DISPLAY to connect to (as > > many of us can testify - e.g. installing Oracle through their > > Java-based installer on some remote server which doesn't even have > > a monitor). > > Urr... quite right. I thought the Xubuntu machine was the remote > server, but on re-reading, I see that I was wrong - it's one of the > clients that's trying to connect to the server[1]. No, you are correct. The Xubuntu is "remote". I am trying to connect to it from a Debian unstable machine. "Misty" is the Xubuntu machine, and it seems to refuse to set the DISPLAY variable. The frustrating thing is that I can't find any significant difference between the Xubuntu configuration files and the Ubuntu ones that behave perfectly. > > However, partway through the tread, Alan noted that: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $DISPLAY > > ** Xubuntu machine where nothing works > > combine this with your completely correct comment that " You can run X > clients on a CPU which doesn't have a server as long as they have a > valid $DISPLAY to connect to" - well, I think we can see where the > problem might be :) > > I'm fairly sure I'm on the right track - please let me know if I'm > still missing something :) > > > -- > There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself > - Zhasper, 2004 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
