Hi Don and others, the suggestion works GREAT ! Thanks
Stefano On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > On Wednesday 09 January 2002 01:11 pm, you wrote: > > Resent- > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/9273 > > X-Loop: [email protected] > > Precedence: list > > Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I have upgraded one of my alpha machines to woody+sid. > > During upgrade X11R6 3whatever become X11R6 4whatever. > > Unfortunately I cannot export DISPLAY TO this machine anymore. > > I assume X11 has changed some flags somewhere, but unfortunately I could > > not find the right place. > > xhost seems to work but external linuxes give "permission denied". > > > > I am wondering if some X11 guru has a good suggestion for me. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Stefano > > > In /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, try changing the following: > > "exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp" > > to read: > > "exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 " > > The X server will not listen for external tcp connections (by default for > security reasons) unless the "-nolisten tcp" option is removed. You also > need to do this to get XDMCP to work. This "might "be your problem. Other > times I have seen this message is from the Xauthority file when trying to > open up a display (xterm) after su to root from a user account. There is a > solution for this too.... but I cannot recall exactly what it is. It has > something to do with modifying the xauthority file....I think. > > Cheers, > -Don Spoon- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
