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Re: _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111



On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 njacobs@yahoo.com wrote:

> I have 2 Linux boxes on a LAN:
> "orion" is running the latest stable Woody, installed
> about a week ago.
> "scorpio" is still running Potato, it's my firewall and
> has not been rebooted for a couple of months.
> Scorpio has no display attached. I maintain it from
> orion using ssh. Typically I've always done this from
> an xterm session on orion as follows:
> xhost (to check that access control is disabled)
> ssh scorpio
> (type password - then what follows is on scorpio)
> DISPLAY=orion:0.0
> export DISPLAY
> xterm &
>  ... and a scorpio xterm window opens on orion.
> 
> Except, now it doesn't. I get the error message in
> the Subject: line. I think this has started happening
> only since installing Woody, but I'm not 100% sure.
> I have checked that from scorpio, I can ping orion
> (I can). I can even ssh to orion from scorpio. I have
> double checked (xhost) that access control is disabled
> on orion. My /etc/hosts.deny file is empty except for
> comments. I am running 2 workspaces on orion, but it
> doesn't matter which one I do the above sequence
> from.
> I can do:
> xterm &
> on orion, and a new xterm window appears, so orion's
> X server must be ok. But scorpio can't connect to it.
> Can anyone see what the problem is?
> 
> Nick

i had the same problem. look at /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config. there is an
entry allowd_users. set it to anybody. that might help. but i am not sure,
if this was all i had done.



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