Re: X-server display problem

[Jon Dowland <jon-dowland@ncl.ac.uk>]

Jiang Wu wrote:

> xeyes -display :0.0 will display the application, but
> xeyes -display 127.0.0.1:0.0 will get an error message:
> Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
>
> What might be the problem? Thanks

X using UNIX sockets rather than TCP sockets? If you want to connect to 
a remote X server, I suggest establishing X forwarding over ssh. Look in 
/etc/ssh/sshd_config on both machines for the relavant argument to turn 
on, and

foo$ ssh -X bar
bar$ xeyes

...should stick xeyes on foo's X server.