On Tuesday 26 February 2008 02:47:14 pm Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:16:55 +1300 > > John Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 February 2008 09:04:28 am Nick Rout wrote: > > > On Tue, February 26, 2008 1:20 am, John Mallett wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 20 February 2008 09:35:06 am Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > >> X :1 -query > > > > > > > > It worked but I cant get a terminal running > > > > > > do you mean an xterm? what error are you getting? > > > > The two computers that I am using are called calso and ted. > > > > claso is the client. (the one I want to log in to ) > > I commented out the line DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 > > in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config and restarted > > > > ted is the server ( the one I will be logging in from ) > > from a terminal in ted I typed > > > > X :1 -query calso > > > > this started a X session on ted. I presume that this was connected to > > calso. The problem is that no xterm was started > > So did you just get a grey, checkerboard effect display? If so, you haven't > connected. You should be seeing your usual login screen at this point.
I got the grey checkerboard effect display I can ping calso I have disabled both firewalls I have also activated the /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess file
