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Re: xterm Xt error: Can't open display..
- To: Andrew Markebo <flognat at flognat dot myip dot org>
- Subject: Re: xterm Xt error: Can't open display..
- From: techlinks <techlinksinc at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:48:58 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Thank you Andrew. It worked. I see two things that
could have gone wrong:
1. while reviewing my history, I must have forgotten
the :0.0 at the end of my DISPLAY= command.
2. also, i may have set the DISPLAY= in the wrong
place
-------
you may have noticed i'm doing something wrong as
well. you're welcome to letting me know
thank you all for your help. all i need to do now is
support copy/paste to/from windows and X.
lastly, can you point me to an URL where I can review
how to edit the pop-up menu in X (presumably tvm) that
comes with cygwinX?
Thanks again.
Lester
PS: How can I contribute to the Cygwin effort? I'm a
PHP programmer with extensive experience in streaming
media services.
--- Andrew Markebo <flognat@flognat.myip.org> wrote:
> Ok, you have machine 1, with windows, assume IP
> 172.18.1.1
>
> You have machine 2, with linux, assume IP
> 192.168.2.3
>
> From a xterm window on your machine 1 you do a
> telnet to machine 2,
> set the environment variable DISPLAY to
> 172.18.1.1:0.0, start xterm
> and see what happens..
>
> /Andy
>
> / techlinks <techlinksinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> | Hello Folks:
> |
> | Thanks for your responses.
> |
> | I forgot to mention one very interesting finding.
> |
> | Every time I run xterm &, it opens an xterm on the
> | remote machine. Weird!
> |
> | Believe me, I followed the instructions identical
> as
> | is described at:
> |
> |
>
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html
> |
> | ..as I have it working at home. What's different
> here
> | at work is that both the remote and host machines
> are
> | dynamically assigned IP's, where as I use static
> IP's
> | between the host and remote machines at home.
> |
> |
> |
> | --- Andrew Markebo <flognat@flognat.myip.org>
> wrote:
> | > Can you ping from the linux-machine to the
> windows
> | > machine? both ways?
> | > Can you fire up a local xterm on the windows
> | > machine??
> | >
> | > /Andy
> | >
> | > / techlinks <techlinksinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> | > | Could someone share some ideas and possible
> | > | resolutions as to why I'm experiencing the
> | > following?
> | > |
> | > | xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
> 172.23.104.56
> | > |
> | > | I'm simply trying to run X clients from one
> | > desktop to
> | > | another. My methods are:
> | > |
> | > | //from my desktop #1
> | > | DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> | > | export DISPLAY
> | > | xterm &
> | > |
> | > | I've also tried:
> | > | DISPLAY=172.23.104.56:0.0
> | > |
> | > | The box that I had telnetted into is also
> | > dynamically
> | > | IP assigned. It's a SuSE 6.4 installation
> that
> | > today
> | > | successfully runs KDE and Windowmaker
> | > |
> | > | Thanks for your advice
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
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