Never mind. I tried it again, and now it appears to work. Go figure! Thanks anyway Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Seiden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:54 AM Subject: Linux Mandrake and Windows
> Hello all, > > I'm new to the list, and I'm sorry if this has been answered before. I = > looked, but couldn't find it. > > I have Linux Mandrake running on one machine, with a dual boot to = > Windows 2000. I have a Windows 98 machine running cygwin/xfree. When I = > boot to Linux and log in (through X 3.6), I open up a terminal and type=20 > > xhost +=20 > > to allow all connections. Then I go to cygwin/xfree on the Win98 = > machine, and type into the bash window=20 > > export DISPLAY=3D192.168.1.3:0=20 > > (the ip of the Linux machine). Then I try to execute=20 > > xclock > > on the Win98 machine, and it says connection refused. > > Reverse the process: =20 > > xhost +=20 > > in the cygwin/xfree environment, and=20 > > export DISPLAY=3D192.168.1.1:0=20 > > in the Linux environment. =20 > > xclock=20 > > in Linux, and I get connection refused. > > Then I boot into W2k, and do the same thing all over again, except = > everything is in cygwin/xfree. Now it works just fine. > > What am I doing wrong while under Linux? Is it because Linux is using = > X3.6, and cygwin/xfree is using 4.2.0? > > Thanks > Rick Seiden > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
