Re: DISPLAY ?

[Tom Kovalcik <kovalcik orion-design com>]

You have probably already done this, but just in case, make sure to type
xhost +
on the local machine you want netscape to show up on to allow the incoming 
X connection.
Make sure the window you are typing this in is the system you are sitting 
at, not the remote system.

Tom
At 10:50 AM 2/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> From: "Burke, Thomas G." <tgburke northropgrumman com>
> To: "'redhat-list redhat com'" <redhat-list redhat com>
> Subject: RE: DISPLAY  ?
> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 07:32:44 -0800
> Reply-To: redhat-list redhat com
>
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> try xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0.0 & see what happens
>
> If you're going throguh ssh, try :10.0 (or maybe it's 0.10?)
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Gervais [mailto:ve1drg av eastlink ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:24 AM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: DISPLAY ?
>
>
>
> Wondering if I am typing something wrong here.
>
> When I enter ' export DISPLAY=62.238.66.67:0 '  followed by
> /usr/sbin/netscape
> (on the next line), all I get is:
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: 62.238.66.67:0
>
> Will this not work in RH8. That is what I am using and this used to
> work
> before (not RH8) and was wondering if maybe I need to change the
> numbers.
>
> What I am tryiing to do is 'remotely'  open up netscape in another
> system.
> This means that I go in using telnet or ssh and than (as root) enter
> the above
> two lines.  I should see Netscape but I don't ..
>
> Any thoughts??
> - --
> T.L.Gervais
> Coldbrook, NS
> Canada.