Cheers - that worked great Rich On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> *- Richard Harran. wrote about "setting up display for remote access" > | I want to be able to use my X-display on my computer at home to be run > | from a remote server. > | > | Ie, I want to be able to telnet or rlogin to a remote system, then try > | something like: > | > | xterm -display <my_ip_address>:<vt_number> > | > | but when I have tried this, I have got the error message: > | > | can't open display <my_ip_address>:<vt_number>. > | > | Do I need to change the settings on my computer, or is it something to do > | with the other computer, or is my command wrong? > | > | Also, is there a preferable value for <vt_number>, such as 0, or 7 (my > | usual X vt)? > > It is not <vt_number> it is the display number of the X server running > and it starts counting from 0 so if you only have 1 X server running it > would be <my_ip_address>:0. See the man X man page and the section on > Display Names. > > You also need to give the remote machine permission to display on your > machine with the xhost command, see the man page. Usually > 'xhost +<remote_ip_address>' on the <my_ip_address> machine will work. > > -- > Brian > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, > because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." > - unknown > > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
