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Re: Need Help for XWin problem


Chuck Pak wrote:

>
> Hello,
> I am new to this cygwinX and I am trying to make XWin work through SUN
> Solaris remote server
> My local PC is Sony VAIO notebook with MS XP Pro SP2
> And startx and telnet works fine but not XWin
> I've been searching FAQ for a while and tried them too.
> BTW, how can I change "Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root"?

You can not fix this unless you switch to an operating system with full unix
user managment and run XWin as root.

>
> Fatal server error:
> XDMCP fatal error: Session failed Session 14 failed for display
> 1xx.xx.xx.xxx:0: Cannot open display

Check the FAQ. The -from parameter might be of great interest
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#xdmcp

bye
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