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Re: Xlib connection refused


192.168.205.98 is the IP address of my xterm server. That is my windows
box. If I don't set display, it ends up pointing to localhost, which is
not what I want to do.


> thom wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the help. I was setting the display variable myself. I
>> changed
>
> Which is wrong, you shouldn't change it, ssh does the setting.
>
>> it to be :10.0 and it took longer before giving me the error:
>>
>> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 192.168.205.98:10.0
>
> And no wonder, the IP address should be 127.0.0.1 (or the IP of the
> server) not
> the client address.
>
> Many people gave you the wrong information, in short ssh takes care of
> setting
> DISPLAY when you use -X or -Y or both, no need for anything else.
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