On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mick<michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > roughly is equivalent to 1210x907 pixels. Run 'xdpyinfo -display :0.0' > > to see the dimensions in rounded numbers. > OK, there is possibly a little extra difficulty to get this run, but > it's likely just ssh stuff or possibly not enabling something in X11. > > 1) I first ssh into my dad's Gentoo machine. When I try to run the > command through the ssh tunnel I get this: > > gandalf ~ # xdpyinfo -display :0.0 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Protocol not supported by server > > xdpyinfo: unable to open display ":0.0". > gandalf ~ # > > I then ssh into my mom's Gentoo machine > > gandalf ~ # !ssh > ssh DesertFlower > Password: > Last login: Mon Jul 20 19:29:10 PDT 2009 from gandalf on pts/0 > DesertFlower ~ # xdpyinfo -display :0.0 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > xdpyinfo: unable to open display ":0.0". > DesertFlower ~ # > > Right now no one is logged into either machine. Both are presumably > sitting with gdm login screens. Hmm, it could be an ssh thing, not sure, probably an xauth thing (have a look at man xauth). See if setting your IP address allows to access your parents machine: xdpyinfo -display XXX.XXX.XX.XX:0.0 <--where XXX.XXX.XX.XX is your IP address of try to set the relevant env variable: setenv DISPLAY XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:0 at your client machine first. Alternatively, ask them to login and then use the same login credentials. HTH. -- Regards, Mick
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