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Re: xterm Xt error: Can't open display..


Thank you Andrew.  It worked.  I see two things that
could have gone wrong:

1.  while reviewing my history, I must have forgotten
the :0.0 at the end of my DISPLAY= command.

2.  also, i may have set the DISPLAY= in the wrong
place

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you may have noticed i'm doing something wrong as
well.  you're welcome to letting me know

thank you all for your help.  all i need to do now is
support copy/paste to/from windows and X.

lastly, can you point me to an URL where I can review
how to edit the pop-up menu in X (presumably tvm) that
comes with cygwinX?

Thanks again.

Lester

PS:  How can I contribute to the Cygwin effort?  I'm a
PHP programmer with extensive experience in streaming
media services.
--- Andrew Markebo <flognat@flognat.myip.org> wrote:
> Ok, you have machine 1, with windows, assume IP
>         172.18.1.1
> 
> You have machine 2, with linux, assume IP
>         192.168.2.3
> 
> From a xterm window on your machine 1 you do a
> telnet to machine 2,
> set the environment variable DISPLAY to
> 172.18.1.1:0.0, start xterm
> and see what happens.. 
> 
>         /Andy
> 
> / techlinks <techlinksinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> | Hello Folks:
> | 
> | Thanks for your responses.
> | 
> | I forgot to mention one very interesting finding.
> | 
> | Every time I run xterm &, it opens an xterm on the
> | remote machine.  Weird!
> | 
> | Believe me, I followed the instructions identical
> as
> | is described at:
> | 
> |
>
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html
> | 
> | ..as I have it working at home.  What's different
> here
> | at work is that both the remote and host machines
> are
> | dynamically assigned IP's, where as I use static
> IP's
> | between the host and remote machines at home.
> | 
> | 
> | 
> | --- Andrew Markebo <flognat@flognat.myip.org>
> wrote:
> | > Can you ping from the linux-machine to the
> windows
> | > machine? both ways?
> | > Can you fire up a local xterm on the windows
> | > machine?? 
> | > 
> | >         /Andy
> | > 
> | > / techlinks <techlinksinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> | > | Could someone share some ideas and possible
> | > | resolutions as to why I'm experiencing the
> | > following?
> | > | 
> | > | xterm Xt error:  Can't open display:
> 172.23.104.56
> | > | 
> | > | I'm simply trying to run X clients from one
> | > desktop to
> | > | another.  My methods are:
> | > | 
> | > | //from my desktop #1
> | > | DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> | > | export DISPLAY
> | > | xterm &
> | > | 
> | > | I've also tried:
> | > | DISPLAY=172.23.104.56:0.0
> | > | 
> | > | The box that I had telnetted into is also
> | > dynamically
> | > | IP assigned.  It's a SuSE 6.4 installation
> that
> | > today
> | > | successfully runs KDE and Windowmaker
> | > | 
> | > | Thanks for your advice
> | > | 
> | > | 
> | > | 
> | > |
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