RE: Xlib: No protocol specified (connection refused by server)

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Were you following the instructions at:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html


If not, follow them and see what happens.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of mielikki1
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:47 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Xlib: No protocol specified (connection refused by server)
> 
> 
> I just installed cygwin (version 2.125.2.10) and xfree
> (4.2.0) and have run into a problem. It seems to work okay
> locally (that is I can start the server and launch new
> clients from my xterm window whether DISPLAY is set to
> 127.0.0.0:0 or my real IP address), but when I try to start
> a client on a remote Red Hat Linux machine (over the
> Internet or through a VPN) I get the following error:
> 
>   Xlib: connection to "x.y.z.t:0.0" refused by server
>   Xlib: No protocol specified
>   Error: Can't open display: x.y.z.t:0.0
> 
> I am running Windows ME and Zone Alarm. I get the same
> problem if I turn Zone Alarm down to Low or even shut it
> down. I can ping my Windows machine from the Linux box.
> 
> I couldn't find anything searching the archives here and
> various Web engines.
> 
> Any thoughts? Any tests to try to narrow it down? I guess
> I'll figure out what ports the X server is listening on and
> see if I can connect to them...
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