Charles Curley wrote:
> X is designed to work across a network. You can run X om machine A, then
> log into machine B. On A you can tell X to serve as display for B (xhost
> B). On B you can tell it to use A as its display (export
> DISPLAY=A:0.0). Then you can run X apps on B and have them display on A. I
> use that to administer my server, a 486 with 16 MB of physical memory.
>
> Something is wrong with your X setup. The server should be listening as
> localhost, not your host name. Clients should be using localhost for
> their displays, not the host name.
Hey, yeah... this is interesting!
> I just checked my system. I have the same problem.
>
> ccurley@charlesc $ echo $DISPLAY
> charlesc:0.0
>
> Of course, your ISP probably should not be assigning you a hostname
> either.
Well, that's a setting in kppp. Disabling it fixed the problem.
> Anyone know enough about X to tell us how to correct this?
Anyone?
-Stephen-
