Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:27:51 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: Jan Rocho <kraftwerk@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x-server remote connection problem Message-ID: <200206291827.g5TIRpBQ050586@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:17:48 PDT." <3D1DF9CC.1050507@owt.com>
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Kent Stewart writes: > > > 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 sy > stem. I > > have however allowed all connections to the X-Server (xhost +). So that sho > uld > > 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. > Another possiblity, if you use startx to start X, is that the server was started with "-nolisten tcp". If that's the case then you have to do ``startx -listen_tcp'' to avoid that. It's documented in the startx manpage. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org gj@denx.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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