xterm error question

GoijI P goijiud at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 20 18:20:45 UTC 2004


My problem is that "telnet localhost" on localhost, HOSTA fails
and can not figure out, why. checked ifconfig eth0, ifcofg-eth0,
ressolv.conf, hosts files and they seem to be ok.


>From: Aaron Cline <acline2 at cox.net>
>Reply-To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
><redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: xterm error question
>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:28:25 +0100
>
>Also, the portmapping service must be turned on.  '/etc/init.d/portmap 
>start'
>
>You can also try 'xhost +' on HostA, then 'ssh -X hostb', and finally run 
>the app on HostB.
>
>ssh -X sets up X-Forwarding to go through the ssh tunnel automagically.
>
>GoijI P wrote:
>
>>did ,xhost +, on HostA:
>>access control disabled,
>>clients can connect from any host
>>
>>did , echo $DISPLAY, on HostA:
>>:0.0
>>
>>did, echo $DISPLAY, on HostB:
>>HostA:0.0
>>
>>tried setenv with HOSTAIP:0.0
>>,still came with same xterm error.
>>
>>
>>>From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
>>>Reply-To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
>>><redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>>>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>>>Subject: Re: xterm error question
>>>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:10:56 -0700
>>>
>>>GoijI P wrote:
>>>
>>>>from host A, did:
>>>>telnet HostB
>>>>setenv DISPLAY HostA:0.0
>>>>In another terminal on HostA terminal did: xhost +
>>>>in telnet session terminal did: xterm
>>>>got this error:
>>>>xterm Xt error.
>>>>can't open display HostA:0.0
>>>>
>>>>HostB is NIS client.
>>>>
>>>>/etc/hosts and /etc/passwd files look ok
>>>>on NIS server and client.
>>>
>>>
>>>Are you certain the display name is HostA:0.0?  Sometimes they're just
>>>HostA:0 (no decimal point).  On HostA, "echo $DISPLAY" and make sure
>>>HostB uses that ID.  You may also need to specify it via IP address
>>>unless "HostA" resolves via DNS or /etc/hosts files.
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