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Re: Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin
- From: Psyon <x-odus at iname dot com>
- To: arnstein at pobox dot com
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:20:18 -0600
- Subject: Re: Remote client cannot display on local xfree-cygwin
- References: <200112271946.fBRJkBS05072@panix1.panix.com>
I dont know if this went through the first time or not... but did you
use xhost to add the remote ip to the access list?
David Arnstein wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I just installed the latest cygwin and cygwin-xfree86 on Windows 2000
>Professional, service pack 2.
>
>I am able to start the Xserver using the startxwin.sh script provided
>with the cygwin-xfree86 distribution. I can start an xterm client
>locally, too.
>
>I would like to start an xterm client on a remote machine and have it
>display on my local cygwin-xfree86 X server. However, this does not
>work. It appears that the X server is not even listening to port
>6000.
>
>If I shut down the cygwin-xfree86 X server, and start the MicroImages
>MIX X server, then the same remote machine is able to display an xterm
>client on the local MIX X server. This indicates that networking is
>functional on my local machine, generally speaking.
>
>Any suggestions? Thanks.
>