On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Oliver Thieke wrote: > Hi out there at the screens, > > I've got a borderline case here... I'm in the process > of switching from a Windows environment to an Mandrake > based one. Right now I'm struggling with the following > problem: > I want to connect with a xterm-Window from my Mandrake Box > to a SUN Solaris box. I must use X since I want to start > an X app located on the Solaris machine. > I'm using a dual-boot workstation. On the Windows half > with Hummingbird eXceed installed and used everything > works fine and easy since years. > Changing to Mandrake 8.2 I'm unable to figure out how > to accomplish the same task. According to one of my LX > books it should be as easy as using the following command: > > xterm -display 66.66.66.66:0 > > (assuming that 66.66.66.66 is the Solaris box' IP adress) > > But all I get is the following error message: > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real Xt error: can't open display: 66.66.66.66:0 > > (same holds true for variations of the -display option: > -display 66.66.66.66:0.0, -display 66.66.66.66 etc.)
It seems that you're trying to run an X application on the Solaris box and have it display on the local Mandrake box. If so, try this: Assuming the mandrake box is called host1 and the sun is host2: On the local Mandrake box type in an Xterm: xhost + host2 telnet host2 (login) DISPLAY=host1:0; export DISPLAY xterm & This should start an xterm on your local machine that's running on the remote.
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