[ale] what am I missing on remote X??

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Tue Sep 7 19:40:46 EDT 2004


Jonathan Rickman wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On 
>>Behalf Of Geoffrey
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:04 PM
>>To: ALE
>>Subject: [ale] what am I missing on remote X??
>>
>>I want to enable another machine to initiate the display of 
>>an image on my primary box.  I'm doing this with another box 
>>now, but for whatever reason, I'm missing something here.
>>
>>For example:
>>
>>main machine running X
>>
>>secondary machine not running X, fires up 'display foo.jpg'
>>
>>display foo.jpg runs on secondary box but displays on main machine.
>>
>>This is driving me nuts.
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> 
> Assuming all env vars are set correctly (i.e. the client knows about the
> display server) then xauth is usually the culprit. Try xauth +[clientipaddy]
> on the X server machine to grant permission. Then check firewall rules.
> Command syntax is as follows:

Don't you mean 'xhost +clientipaddy ???

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995



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