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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:17:05 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: deny of x sessions
Message-ID:  <44fycj2g0u.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061116191618.GA36885@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> (Alain G. Fabry's message of "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:16:18 %2B0100")
References:  <20061116191618.GA36885@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>

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"Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net> writes:

> Hey,
>
> I've just installed KDE 4.5.3 on a FreeBSD 6.1 system.
>
> I'm having problem getting an x-window from another PC when I'm connected to that PC via telnet (with ssh -X .... everything works fine)
>
> When I telnet to the other machine and export/setenv my DISPLAY environment towards the display I'm telnetting from, I get the following error.
>
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 10.0.0.250:0.0
>
> I've already tried to change the kdmrc by removing the -nolisten tcp or commenting out
>
> ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp
>
> but this does not seem to work either....when I reboot, it even undoes all the changes I've made to the file (as root)
>
> Anybody can give me some advise on what I need to do to accept incoming x11 requests.
>
> x11 packets are received (seen by a tcpdump) but it just does not want to work.

Is the TCP port open?

> Just for you info, I did not forget the xhost +



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