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Date:      Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:08:54 +0100
From:      Richard Danter <richard.danter@ntlworld.com>
To:        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.h.y@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Connecting to X Server on a FreeBSD Box
Message-ID:  <42621996.8060104@ntlworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <4c90b7720504162331625e8bc3@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4c90b7720504162331625e8bc3@mail.gmail.com>

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Soheil Hassas Yeganeh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I start an X server on my FreeBSD box. I want to run some remote X
> applications from my fedora core 2.
> So, I have ssh to the fedora box and typed gedit.
> But it says :
>    (gedit:12438): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> 
> After I had export  DISPLAY=freebsdboxip:0.0
> it says again:
>    (gedit:12438): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> 
> But I can run freebsd application from my fedora core 2.
> What is the problem?
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Try 'xhost +' on your FreeBSD box, then ssh to your FC2 box. Does that help?

Rich



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