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Re: tryin to use Xwin on windows XP with a remote window manager onLinux
- From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:03:29 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: tryin to use Xwin on windows XP with a remote window manager onLinux
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
John Vincent wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What I'd like to do is run Xwin on my windows XP box, and run the window
> manager on my linux box. I assumed that all I'd have to do is set the
> DISPLAY environment variable to point at my x-server, then run "startkde" to
> run the window manager. Unfortunately, the Xwin server is refusing
> connections. I've tried running "xhost +" on the windows machine, but this
> does not appear to have any effect unless I'm already running a window
> manager - which defeats the whole point.
>
> So, does anyone know how to make "xhost +" work when there is no window
> manager, or alternatively is there any other way to get Xwin to accept
> connections?
you can either start another local program (eg. xterm) before running xhost
or add the host to /etc/X0.hosts.
bye
ago
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