Re: cannot open display: localhost:0.0

[Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Grzesiek Sójka <pld@sojka.co> wrote:
> On 9/23/18 10:30 AM, Étienne Mollier wrote:
>>
>> On 9/23/18 1:48 PM, Grzegorz Sójka wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I need to allow remote applications to connect to xorg. Since I log in
>>> using lxdm i have tcp_listen=1 in /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf. Thus Xorg is running
>>> without -nolisten tcp flag. Unfortunately:
>>>
>>> $ xhost +localhost; DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm
>>> localhost being added to access control list
>>> xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0
>>>
>>> Any suggestions??
>>>
>>
>> Maybe try:
>>
>>         xhost +LOCAL:
>>         DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm
>
>
> It does not work:
>
> # xhost +LOCAL; DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm
> xhost:  bad hostname "LOCAL"
> xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0

Are you using Wayland? If you're using debian testing you probably use wayland.