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RE: "Cannot open display" or XDMCP problem ?



Try startxwin.bat and insert the -from and -querry on start Xwin command
line
After Xwin insert xhost + & 

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert, Francois [mailto:francois.robert@it.unisys.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:28 AM
> To: 'Enoch Wu'
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: "Cannot open display" or XDMCP problem ?
> 
> 
> Hi again
> 
> Thanks for all your suggestions, all of which I tried : 
> 
> ----------
> export OS=""
> export DISPLAY=<my ip>
> Fails in the same way as before
> 
> ----------
> export OS=" "
> export DISPLAY=<my ip>
> Fails in the same way as before
> 
> ----------
> command line changed to XWin95 .... -from <my ip> && xhost +
> Fails immediately with the following message :
> 
> $ winCreateB... () - Adjusted width: 1018 height: 715
> winCreateB... () - width: 1018 height: -715
> winCreateB... () - dibsection width: 1018 height: -715
> error opening security policy file 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> Fatal server error:
> XDMCP fatal error: Session declined No valid address
> ----------
> command line changed to XWin95 .... -ac
> (to disable access control), removed invocation of xhost +
> Fails like before :
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> winCreateB... () - Adjusted width: 1018 height: 715
> winCreateB... () - width: 1018 height: -715
> winCreateB... () - dibsection width: 1018 height: -715
> error opening security policy file 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> Fatal server error:
> XDMCP fatal error: Session failed Session 151 failed for display
>  0.0.0.0:0: Cannot open display
> 
> ----------
> 
> I don't know what to try next. I am under the impression that 
> the problem is
> deeper than expected. By the way, I am NOT using 
> startxwin.bat in a DOS box.
> I have made a small bash script instead. Can this be a 
> problem (don't see
> why though...) ?
> 
> Regards
> François
> 


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