What is X11 forwarding? I should be accepting the client's connection,
right? It does accept, but then why does Xlib give up after some time?
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Alex M Alex wrote:
>
> 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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