On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 17:08, Oliver Thieke wrote: > Hi out there at the screens, > > I've got a borderline case here... I'm in the process > of switching from a Windows environment to an Mandrake > based one. Right now I'm struggling with the following > problem: > I want to connect with a xterm-Window from my Mandrake Box > to a SUN Solaris box. I must use X since I want to start > an X app located on the Solaris machine. > I'm using a dual-boot workstation. On the Windows half > with Hummingbird eXceed installed and used everything > works fine and easy since years. > Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how > to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX > books it should be as easy as using the following command: > > xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0
Try running xhost + on your linux box before running the xterm on Sol. -Mark > > (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) > > But all I get is the following error message: > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 > > (same holds true for variations of the -display option: > -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.) > > I was assuming that remotely accessing an X-Server would be > as easy as connecting with telnet or VNC to another machine. > Obviously it is not :-( ... > > It can't be an Solaris or network issue since I'm using in > both cases the same machine with the same IP. With Windows (eXceed) > it works, with Mandrake (XFree86) it refuses to do so... > Hence it must be something with the local command execution or > the local linux X configuration... > > I checked various Linux and Unix books, but they didn't come > up with anything helpful. I searched this mailing lists' archive: > nothing. I googled for it. I found the "XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO". > They're saying in paragraph 6.2: > > "You can run X on a Linux box, instructing it to query a Solaris machine > as previously described: > /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query 66.66.66.66" > > Obviously I'm not an X guru ;-). If I start another X server, how > can a xterm then decide which one to connect to (the local one or > the remote one on Solaris) ? I don't want to set up a complete > X-terminal. The Linux worksation should stay on its own. It just > should open one xterm (or x-app) on another machine. > > I examined the eXceed config files for this case (windblows). > They say: > [Xstart] > Start Method=0 > Command=xterm -display 9.9.9.9 > Host=66.66.66.66 > Host Type=SUN > (...) > > > OK - obviously I got the xterm's command syntax wrong. The -display > option has to point to the machine the xterm is running on (and > not as I read and assumed first to the remote machine). But how to > I tell my xterm then which host it should connect to ? > > I browsed a little bit thru /etc/X/ and found /etc/x/xdm/Xservers. > But that's too deep inside X for me. I didn't want to play arround > with X' config... > > Now I'm kinda lost... Any pointers ? > > Many thanx for your help in advance ! > > Greetings from the polish border :-) > > Oliver > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation
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