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Re: a small problem
- From: "Rahul Amaram-RollNo.2000086" <rahul at gdit dot iiit dot net>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:34:40 +0530 (IST)
- Subject: Re: a small problem
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi Jim,
I've checked it out! There is no firewall present! Could u think
of any other factors???
Rahul.
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Jim George wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:21:05 +0530 (IST)
> "Rahul Amaram-RollNo.2000086" <rahul@gdit.iiit.net> wrote:
>
> > I am facing this problem whenever I connect to a remote system in linux
> > and try exporting DISPLAY to the Xserver running on my local PC in
> > windows. The details are below.
> >
> > First my pc is running cygwin-Xserver in Windows.
> >
> > Next I telnet to a remote machine in linux and run the command
> > export DISPLAY=mypc_ip:0.0
> >
> > Now when I run a command like
> > xterm &
> >
> > I get the following message
> > Cant connect to mypc_ip:0.0
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> >
> >
> > Please note that I have already run 'xhost +' in startxwin file so
> > that I give permission to all clients to access the Xserver.
> >
> >
> > Could someone please help me out!!!
> >
> > Rahul.
> Rahul,
>
> at first sight this looks like a firewall issue. You appear to have X disabled.
>
> Jim
>
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