Re: [Sheflug] xhost

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
> export DISPLAY="ipaddress"
> 
> (no errors)
> 
> but when i try and execute an application on the remote machine (via telnet), 
> i get an error saying 'cannot open display "ipaddress"'?

Try: export DISPLAY="<ipaddress>:0.0"

The :0.0 is important - it defines the server and screen to run on - on 
most boxes, the first server on the first screen. The second server, first 
screen would be :1.0. Though usually you can omit the screen number and 
just have the server specifier - ie, :0.0 == :0, :1.0 == :1 etc ...

Without the specifier it doesn't know what to connect to on your system.

Chris...

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