Quick X window problem

[Giovanni Riganti]

Alle 10:55, mercoledì 28 luglio 2004, Neil Marjoram ha scritto:
> Sorry to be a bit thick, I could find the answer anywhere.
> I am trying to display an X app from a different system on my system. It
> does not seem to work on FC2, has anything changed?
>
> What I am doing :
>
> Remote :
> export DISPLAY=hostname.here.uk:0.0
>
> Local :
> xhost +
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host

> Remote :
> ./firefox &
>
> (firefox-bin:28349): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
> I've tried several apps but get similar problems.
> Is there anything else that controls the security for X now? Or am I being a 
little thick?
>
> Thanks,
>

If the network is not a problem (local & remote pc are connected in the same 
LAN), use ssh.

[local at local /]ssh -l user remote
[user at remote /]mozilla& 

note: you must enable X11Forwarding in /etc/ssh/sshd_config


Saluti,
Gio


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