also sprach Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net> [2002.09.26.2258 +0200]: > Actually, that gets me to an even better idea: create a new FIFO just > for this purpose, have syslog send just those messages to that FIFO, and > start xconsole with -f pointing to it. Not bad. But that would leave the window open all the time, which my users don't want. > Have you confirmed that X is not listening on tcp/6000? If so, that > would certainly be a problem ;-) netstat and nmap are your friends. netstat -nat doesn't show it. Yes, it's confirmed. > > to how to enable that. removing '-nolisten tcp' from > > /etc/X11/xinit/xserverc on the workstation and restarting X didn't > > work. > > That oughta do it. As an alternative, how about setting up an ssh key > with command=xmessage and environment="DISPLAY=:0" in the > authorized_keys file and let that take care of it? Then the server just runs > > ssh -i <passphrase-less identity file> workstation xmessage > > The workstation allows it, and you don't have to open it up with xhost. I can't get it to work. in a connection that's properly X-forwarded (xclock shows up on the client display if i invoke it on the sshd server), doing something like DISPLAY=:0 xclock also yields the "Cannot open display" message. > Well, if you just want to do it the old-fashioned way, just using X and > no ssh, how are you starting X? Removing the nolisten tcp as you did > should work if you're using startx, but from *dm you might also have to > edit the appropriate config file (e.g. /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers or > similar). aha. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck friends help you move. real friends help you move bodies.
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