From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 29 11:25:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F0A37B400 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:25:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roc-66-66-120-36.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-120-36.rochester.rr.com [66.66.120.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F116543E06 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:25:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vega@roc-66-66-120-36.rochester.rr.com) Received: by roc-66-66-120-36.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 92FDB901A1D; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:24:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:24:27 -0400 From: mpd To: Kent Stewart Cc: Jan Rocho , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x-server remote connection problem Message-ID: <20020629182427.GA62332@rochester.rr.com> References: <29413.1025373769@www15.gmx.net> <3D1DF9CC.1050507@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D1DF9CC.1050507@owt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 11:17:48AM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Jan Rocho wrote: > > >Hi! > > > >There is another X-Problem. I have two computers, one running Linux and the > >other running FreeBSD. When I ssh into my linux system and do > >export DISPLAY="192.168.1.2:0" and then start an application I get a > >conncetion error message. It can't connect to the X-Server on my FreeBSD > >system. I > >have however allowed all connections to the X-Server (xhost +). So that > >should > >work. Then I portscanned my FreeBSD system and found out that there is no > >Port for the X-Server open. How do get around that problem? > > > I am not sure at this point but I usually have to "xhost > other_computer" before it will start the xterm on the other computer. > > Kent > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Jan > > > > > And if that doesn't work, pass the -listen_tcp argument to startx. mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "WE ARE ON A PILGRIMAGE!" - Pokey the Penguin from "POKEY AND THE CAIRO" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message