Re: cannot open display: localhost:0.0

[Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org>]

On 9/23/18 2:59 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2018-09-23 at 10:24, Grzesiek Sójka wrote:
> > On 9/23/18 10:30 AM, Étienne Mollier wrote:
> > > Maybe try:
> > >
> > > 	xhost +LOCAL:
> > > 	DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm
> >
> > It does not work:
> >
> > # xhost +LOCAL; DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm
> > xhost:  bad hostname "LOCAL"
>
> Did you try with '+LOCAL:' instead of '+LOCAL'?
>
> The colon is important.

Indeed, furthermore if you need to do remote X, using X
forwarding through SSH should be preferred and won't require you
using “xhost” or removing “-nolisten” to Xorg parameters:

	ssh -YC user@remotehost

Kind Regards,
-- 
Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org>