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Re: Problem with running X apps
- From: "PD Dr. Edward Wornar" <edi at serbski-institut dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, ksanders at mindspring dot com
- Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 20:23:12 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: Problem with running X apps
- References: <000101c23b71$5adef6a0$6501a8c0@MARS>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
From: "Kerry Sanders" <ksanders@mindspring.com>
Subject: Problem with running X apps
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:42:35 -0500
> I am having a problem after installing Cygwin/XFree when I try to login
> to my Redhat 7.3 box from a WinXP machine. I launch the Cygwin batch
> file and from the Cygwin prompt, I issue the following commands:
>
> cygwin>XWin -unixkill &
>
> cygwin>xhost +earth
>
> cygwin>ssh -l uksand earth
>
>
> At this point, I am logged into the Linux box with no problems. I then
> export my display with the following command:
>
> export DISPLAY=mars:0.0
>
>
> When I then try to launch xlogo, I get the following error information:
>
> [uksand@earth uksand]$ xlogo
> Xlib: connection to "mars:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> Error: Can't open display: mars:0.0
> [uksand@earth uksand]$
>
>
>
> I am hoping that someone will have input on this. By the way, in this
> example, earth is my Linux box. Mars is my WinXP box.
Looks like a DNS problem here. Have you tried with IP addresses instead of
hostnames?
Cheers
Edi