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Sorry
top poster for life, not scrolling all the way to the bottom to get a reply I
know what the previous email said and don’t need to read it again. >
-----Original Message----- >
From: Paul Johnson [mailto:baloo@ursine.ca] >
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:11 PM >
To: diego >
Cc: >
Subject: Re: Cannot launch remote apps on X >
>
English is read from top down with the flow of context, not newest >
information on top.
Please learn to quote accordingly. >
http://ursine.ca/jargon/html/email-style.html >
>
You sent a private-mail reply to my attempt to help you on a mailing >
list, and failed to mention having done so.
If you expect me to reply >
privately to your call for help, you need to arrange
it with me first, >
payment in cash, up front. >
>
diego <ddc_prueba@yahoo.es> writes: >
>
> El jue, 22-04-2004 a las
08:52, Paul Johnson escribió: >
>> 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. >
> >
> Yes, but I only wanted a quick way of testing as this is a very >
> private net (I'm the only user) behind a firewall. >
> >
> I don't trust in myself anyway.... hehehe. >
>
Even in that case, you really shouldn't bother with xhost. ssh
takes >
care of all the hard stuff for you. ssh
is simply the easiest, most >
reliable way to make a window display elsewhere when
you're using X. >
>
-- >
Paul Johnson >
<baloo@ursine.ca> |