Quick X window problem

[Bruno Santos]

Neil Marjoram wrote:

>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,
>
>Neil.
>  
>
hello. All that you have done it seems ok, but, what about the 
destination linux ?
i've tryed SuSE for a while, and, even the other system (remote) was FC2 
with xhost + and with the export of the X enabled, in SuSE was not 
working... SuSE protects almost evertything... for that works, was 
necessary to do, with a normal user:

export DISPLAY=:0.0 (current display)
xhost +

and, only like this, the remote apps where able to show in my display.

so, what i recomend is: try to do the same you've done in the remote 
system with your local system.

Im using FC2 in my work and FC2 at home, and i can export the display of 
the apps to my work computer, without doing anything special...

try it.

if not works, try to see if any X protections are enable..

cheers

Bruno Santos

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