Re: can't display remote X jobs after potato
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 11:41:13AM -0600, hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu wrote:
> I'm sure it's just yet another one line config change to get my box working
> the way it was before the "upgrade," but this time I haven't been able
> to find it.
>
> Whether by passing xauthority, ssh, or plain old "xhost +", I can't get
> anything from a remote machine to display. Jobs on this machine
> can display remotely. I've tried displaying on my own box with FreeBSD,
> and on a redhat box. I get the same errors with each:
I had a similar problem after doing an `apt-get dist-upgrade', with
/etc/apt/sources.list pointing to the X update for slink.
It turns out that xdm was upgraded, and my old config files were somehow
overwritten. The one in question was /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. It is well
commented and you should be able to figure it out. If not, let me know.
--
David Karlin
dkarlin@coloradomtn.edu
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