Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 07:42:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: youlgok@ibm.net Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X connection forwarding Message-ID: <37425D6B.ABFE8D5E@uk.radan.com> References: <374256F7.6DD838D9@ibm.net>
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youlgok@ibm.net wrote:
>
> This is my situation. I connet to the net with DHCP. I have to comment
> out 'hostname=...' in /etc/rc.conf.
> (How can I have a hostname, anyway?)
>
> When I tried to connect to a remote host and open a xterm or other X
> applications, it says 'Error: Can't open display' message.
>
> I set:
>
> #setenv DISPLAY unix:0.0
>
> and it didn't work. I also set hostname by
>
> #hostname Foobar
>
> and tried again
>
> #setenv DISPLAY Foobar
>
> and it still doen't work.
>
> What I want to do is to connect to a remote system and open X
> applications on the local X server(my FreeBSD box).
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
man xhost
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