Re: setting up display for remote access
Cheers - that worked great
Rich
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 servis@purdue.edu wrote:
> *- Richard Harran. wrote about "setting up display for remote access"
> | I want to be able to use my X-display on my computer at home to be run
> | from a remote server.
> |
> | Ie, I want to be able to telnet or rlogin to a remote system, then try
> | something like:
> |
> | xterm -display <my_ip_address>:<vt_number>
> |
> | but when I have tried this, I have got the error message:
> |
> | can't open display <my_ip_address>:<vt_number>.
> |
> | Do I need to change the settings on my computer, or is it something to do
> | with the other computer, or is my command wrong?
> |
> | Also, is there a preferable value for <vt_number>, such as 0, or 7 (my
> | usual X vt)?
>
> It is not <vt_number> it is the display number of the X server running
> and it starts counting from 0 so if you only have 1 X server running it
> would be <my_ip_address>:0. See the man X man page and the section on
> Display Names.
>
> You also need to give the remote machine permission to display on your
> machine with the xhost command, see the man page. Usually
> 'xhost +<remote_ip_address>' on the <my_ip_address> machine will work.
>
> --
> Brian
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