X server not reponding

Dan Track dan.track at gmail.com
Fri Jun 24 14:05:00 UTC 2005


Hi

isn't xhost only used when using the X server. I'm sure ssh traffic
doesn't need the xserver to grant it permission.

Dan

On 6/24/05, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> [msg reordered due to top posting]
> 
> On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 05:49, Dan Track wrote:
> 
> > On 6/23/05, William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dan Track wrote:
> > > > Yep the host file belongs to dan.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here's the output of setting the display manually. I'm using putty.
> > >
> > > Where did PuTTY come in?
> > >
> > > > export DISPLAY=localhost:10 [dan at dan ~]$ xlogo
> > > > Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server
> > > > Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 data did not match
> > > > Error: Can't open display: localhost:10
> > >
> > > Looks to me like it is working, you just have some X authentication stuff
> > > incorrect.  What are you using for an X server?
> > >
> Hi
> >
> > I'm using xorg on FC3. "my box" is a standard build of fc3, that
> > hasn't been upgraded at all. I'm not an expert with X so I don't every
> > make any changes to it. How can I tell if its an authentication issue?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dan
> 
> Look at the xhost command.
> 
> You probably need to run xhost +
> or xhost with option to allow the client to display windows on the
> server.
> 
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