hi
May be Agent forwarding is disabled ie
X11 forwarding is disabled ..
Check this
regards
alex
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Indraneel Majumdar wrote:
> HI,
>
> I have a small problem with remote X. when I do
> startx -- -query xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx :1
> the X login screen comes up but gets automatically killed after about 5
> minutes. Xlib complains that there is no authentication etc and gives up.
> How do I ensure authentication?
>
> from xterm I've tried
> xauth list $DISPLAY
> telnet sgimachine
> login
> password
> %xauth add $DISPLAY . <cut and paste MIT cookie>
> (here Irix spews out errors telling there is no such thing)
>
> If I simply try to start something on the Irix via telnet it cannot
> connect to Linux X due to lack of permissions (naturally)
>
> Is there someway I can get the Irix machine to authenticate itself or do I
> have to make a hole in my Linux box (using xhost + whatever) to run remote
> applications on Irix?
>
> any help will be appreciated,
> Indraneel
>
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