Unable to set DISPLAY localhost:0.0

[Linux Beginner]

Thanks for the input. I tried invoking ssh with x option. Still
no results. Can anyone throw more light on this?


Paul Howarth writes:

> Linux Beginner wrote:
>> I installed FC2 (dual boot with Win2K); First i installed in Chr
>> mode and later in installed on top of it in GUI mode; I chose to
>> install the X pkgs but nevertheless i am facing problem while
>> trying to set all the following xhost + xhost +localhost 
>> DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ; export DISPLAY DISPLAY=ipaddress:0.0 ; export 
>> DISPLAY
> 
> What are you actually trying to do? Fiddling with xhost and $DISPLAY is a 
> rather insecure way of running remote clients, compared with using ssh 
> with X forwarding.
> 
> Paul.
> 
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Paul Howarth writes:

> Linux Beginner wrote:
>> I installed FC2 (dual boot with Win2K); First i installed in Chr
>> mode and later in installed on top of it in GUI mode; I chose to
>> install the X pkgs but nevertheless i am facing problem while
>> trying to set all the following xhost + xhost +localhost 
>> DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ; export DISPLAY DISPLAY=ipaddress:0.0 ; export 
>> DISPLAY
> 
> What are you actually trying to do? Fiddling with xhost and $DISPLAY is a 
> rather insecure way of running remote clients, compared with using ssh 
> with X forwarding.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> -- 
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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