Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:53:44 +0200 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xhost does not work as expected Message-ID: <4450A2B8.40209@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <200604271003.k3RA38Wl092175@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <445093AB.10205@esiee.fr> <200604271003.k3RA38Wl092175@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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Olivier Nicole wrote: > Franck, > >> I am at 6.0 with xorg and I cannot remotely use a GUI backup >> software ( netvault) because I am not able to use properly the xhost >> command. > > It is not clear what you can client and what you call server, are you > talking about your backup software: the server is the machine with the > tape drive and the clientis the machine where you sit and look at your > GUI; or about X: the server is the machine where you sit and look at > your GUI and the client is the machine running netvault and having the > tape drive. > Sorry to be unclear > That said: > > - can you run xterm on the netvault machine (m1) and display the window on > the machine with 6.0 xorg (m2)? no I cannot > > You need: > > - on netvault machine (m1) to setenv DISPLAY m2:0.0 > > - on 6.0 xorg machine (m2) xhost + m1 > that's what I did ... but it has not been working > - are you sure that no firewall are blocking X connection between the 2 > machines? yes sure they are on the same LAN > > Bests, > > Olivier > -- Frank Bonnet
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