Subj : Re: DISPLAY vble: problem in Debian linux X
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
From : Saul Lubkin
Date : Sun Aug 22 2004 08:41 pm

You're absolutely right!  Worked like a charm.

:)

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Sybren Stuvel wrote:

> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux. - please don't crosspost]
>
> Saul Lubkin enlightened us with:
> > Now, for X-windows, running, e. g.,
> >
> > DISPLAY=<IP address of computer X on the network>:0.0 xlogo&
> >
> > should -- assuming, e.g., that you're xhost commands are right, etc
> > -- run xlogo on the local machine, with the window coming up on
> > Computer X.  Doesn't work.
>
> Probably because X isn't listening on a TCP port. Look for the
> "-nolisten tcp" option in whatever config file you're using when
> starting X, and remove it.  Just do 'ps awx | grep X' and you'll see
> the 'nolisten' option.
>
> > E.g., even on the LOCAL machine, running
> >
> > DISPLAY=<IP address of local machine>:0.0 xlogo& --
> >
> > or
> >
> > DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xlogo&
> >
> > or various modifications thereof all fail, with the error message
> > "Unable to open display".
>
> Indeed, sounds like it.
>
> > <Please, if possible, email this directly to me. as well as sending
> > to the newsgroup -- I read the group less often than I should, due
> > to time constraints.  I'll post a summary of all relevant answers --
> > including the eventual solution that works -- to the group, no
> > matter what>
>
> Nope. If you ask a question in public, read the answer in public. If
> you can't be arsed to come back here and read the answer someone is
> giving you in their spare time just out of kindness, you're in the
> wrong business.
>
> Sybren
> --
> The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
> capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
> safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
>

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