[X-Unix] x host question

[Bruce Cheng]

On Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at 08:02PM, R. Welz <r_welz at gmx.de> wrote:

>Hello.
>How can I connect to a linux system running XFree86 4.3?
>
>I tried:
>Robert-Welzs-Computer:~ welz$ xhost +192.168.2.128
>192.168.2.128 being added to access control list
>Robert-Welzs-Computer:~ welz$ telnet 192.168.2.128
>Trying 192.168.2.128...
>Connected to 192.168.2.128.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>Password:
>You have new mail in /var/mail/welz.
>Last login: Thu Jun 17 04:54:28 from G4
>Have a lot of fun...
>-bash: Hz: command not found

export DISPLAY=<ipaddress of Robert-Welzs-Computer>:0.0
(syntax may be different for different shell but you need to set the DISPLAY variable.)

>welz at linux:~> opera
>_X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for 
>Robert-Welzs-Computer.local:6000: Name or service not known
>opera: cannot connect to X server Robert-Welzs-Computer.local:0.0
>welz at linux:~> _X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for 
>Robert-Welzs-Computer.local:6000: Der Name oder der Dienst ist nicht 
>bekannt
>
>Many many thanks for help!
>Greetings,
>Robert Welz
>
>
>
>
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