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RE: Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:17:37 -0500
- Subject: RE: Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin
Did you set DISPLAY on remote machine to display on your local machine?
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Arnstein [mailto:arnstein@panix.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:46 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin
>
> Hello,
>
> I just installed the latest cygwin and cygwin-xfree86 on Windows 2000
> Professional, service pack 2.
>
> I am able to start the Xserver using the startxwin.sh script provided
> with the cygwin-xfree86 distribution. I can start an xterm client
> locally, too.
>
> I would like to start an xterm client on a remote machine and have it
> display on my local cygwin-xfree86 X server. However, this does not
> work. It appears that the X server is not even listening to port
> 6000.
>
> If I shut down the cygwin-xfree86 X server, and start the MicroImages
> MIX X server, then the same remote machine is able to display an xterm
> client on the local MIX X server. This indicates that networking is
> functional on my local machine, generally speaking.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks.
> --
> David Arnstein
> arnstein@pobox.com