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Re: a small problem
- From: Jim George <jim dot george at blueyonder dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 07:53:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: a small problem
- Organization: JSDM Services Ltd
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208172213480.14802-100000@gdit.iiit.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:21:05 +0530 (IST)
"Rahul Amaram-RollNo.2000086" <rahul@gdit.iiit.net> wrote:
> I am facing this problem whenever I connect to a remote system in linux
> and try exporting DISPLAY to the Xserver running on my local PC in
> windows. The details are below.
>
> First my pc is running cygwin-Xserver in Windows.
>
> Next I telnet to a remote machine in linux and run the command
> export DISPLAY=mypc_ip:0.0
>
> Now when I run a command like
> xterm &
>
> I get the following message
> Cant connect to mypc_ip:0.0
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
>
>
> Please note that I have already run 'xhost +' in startxwin file so
> that I give permission to all clients to access the Xserver.
>
>
> Could someone please help me out!!!
>
> Rahul.
Rahul,
at first sight this looks like a firewall issue. You appear to have X disabled.
Jim