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Re: Linux Mandrake and Windows
- From: "Rick Seiden" <rick at seidenmail dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:23:51 -0500
- Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake and Windows
- References: <001701c1b0b8$df5f7290$0401a8c0@RICSEIIBM>
Never mind. I tried it again, and now it appears to work. Go figure!
Thanks anyway
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Seiden" <rick@seidenmail.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Linux Mandrake and Windows
> Hello all,
>
> I'm new to the list, and I'm sorry if this has been answered before. I =
> looked, but couldn't find it.
>
> I have Linux Mandrake running on one machine, with a dual boot to =
> Windows 2000. I have a Windows 98 machine running cygwin/xfree. When I =
> boot to Linux and log in (through X 3.6), I open up a terminal and type=20
>
> xhost +=20
>
> to allow all connections. Then I go to cygwin/xfree on the Win98 =
> machine, and type into the bash window=20
>
> export DISPLAY=3D192.168.1.3:0=20
>
> (the ip of the Linux machine). Then I try to execute=20
>
> xclock
>
> on the Win98 machine, and it says connection refused.
>
> Reverse the process: =20
>
> xhost +=20
>
> in the cygwin/xfree environment, and=20
>
> export DISPLAY=3D192.168.1.1:0=20
>
> in the Linux environment. =20
>
> xclock=20
>
> in Linux, and I get connection refused.
>
> Then I boot into W2k, and do the same thing all over again, except =
> everything is in cygwin/xfree. Now it works just fine.
>
> What am I doing wrong while under Linux? Is it because Linux is using =
> X3.6, and cygwin/xfree is using 4.2.0?
>
> Thanks
> Rick Seiden
> rick@seidenmail.com
>