On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 23:25 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Eric Lavarde wrote: > > > under HP-UX and SuSE Linux flavors, I'm used to do the following > > - open two consoles > > - on one type 'xhost + localhost' > > try xhost +localhost > > > - on the other 'su - someotheruser' and 'DISPLAY=:0 xclock' (or some > > more useful X command). > > try DISPLAY=:0.0 ( localhost is optional for localhost:0.0 > or DISPLAY=remote:0.0 > > 0.1 or was it 1.0 if you have a dual-monitor rig > or with xinerama, it wont matter > > remote# xhost +localhost -- or -- > remote# xhost +other-pc > > when using "your pc" to login into the "remote pc", use ssh > and nothing silly like telnet/ftp > > > I tried on one side: > > - xhost + localhost > > - xhost + localhost.localdomain > > - xhost + 127.0.0.1 > > i think no space after the "+" > > xhost will also list what hosts it allows to connect to it from afar Or if you always want to be able to display from those host, you could always make a file called: /etc/X0.hosts add either IP addresses or resolvable host names one per line, like: localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1 some.dnsname.domain.com 192.168.1.33 10.10.10.126 If you don't put localhost in there, depending on your configuration X you might not be able to display anything you are trying to run. By default Debian allows only the .Xauth with matching credentials to display on your display. Without X0.hosts, you are just fine, but will have to add hosts every time you login. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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