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Re: Cannot launch remote apps on X



diego <ddc_prueba@yahoo.es> writes:

> Hello, I have a knoppix just installed and network configured with a
> fixed IP (lets say 172.16.10.1) and working right. The problem is that
> if I do:
>
> 1) export DISPLAY=:0; xclock   ==> It works
>
> 2) export DISPLAY=172.16.10.1; xclock  ==> It cannot connect to X
>
>
> I have done the "xhost +" part, also check that xfont is on :7100 port
> and not in :-1

DO NOT USE XHOST!  xhost is considered harmful, use google for a few
trillion reasons why.  Just use ssh -C -X to get displays over the
network.

-- 
Paul Johnson
<baloo@ursine.ca>

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