Re: X client problem..

[Stefan O'Rear <stefanor@cox.net>]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:41:37AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote:
> 
> System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based).
> 
> Call this box machine A
> I want to run xterm from machine B
> 
> Steps tried:
> 
> 	on A --> xhost +B
>         loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm
> 
> results in
> 	... Can't open display "A:0"
> 
> Any ideas?

Debian configures X11 (by default) to not accept internet connections.

You'll need to remove "-nolisten tcp" from your display mangler's conf
file.

Quick grep:

   stefan:~$ grep -Flri nolisten /etc/X11/
   /etc/X11/X
   grep: warning: /etc/X11/app-defaults/app-defaults: recursive directory loop
   /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
   /etc/X11/gdm/factory-gdm.conf
   /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
   /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers

Note: X11 has a number of security problems with going over a network.
      ssh forwarding is recommended...