Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:51:47 -0500 From: Terry Todd <tlt@badger.tltodd.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote X on 5.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <20030630095146.A86319@badger.tltodd.com> In-Reply-To: <20030630050023.GO11229@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>; from neuhauser@bellavista.cz on Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 07:00:23AM %2B0200 References: <20030629080744.A53730@badger.tltodd.com> <20030630050023.GO11229@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 07:00:23AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # tlt@badger.tltodd.com / 2003-06-29 08:07:45 -0500: > > How do you get remote X to work with 5.1-RELEASE? > > > > Here is an attempt with some fields blanked out. > > > > $ xhost + > > access control disabled, clients can connect from any host > > $ telnet ______ > > Trying ___.___.__.___... > > .... > > .... > > tlt@______> xterm > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: ______.______.___:0.0 > > tlt@______> > > > > The errno man page says errno 61 is connection refused. There is no > > firewall or anything on the laptop running 5.1-RELEASE on a local subnet. > > It is a fairly generic install except I had to recompile with OLDCARD. > > is the X server actually listening to remote connections? see > startx(1). > Yes, this is the answer. startx must now be run with the -listen_tcp option in order for remote X to work. Thanks, Terry Todd
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