Brian Epstein on Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:20:24 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] x-connect


Make sure you have the DISPLAY environment variable set as well:

$ DISPLAY="hostname:0" export DISPLAY

also, consider using xauth as opposed to xhost.  It is much more secure.

ep

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Fred K Ollinger wrote:

> 	Strangely, when I use 'startx' to start x instead of logging in
> from gdm, I can activate pgrms from console. So I'm a bit closer to the
> source. Didn't try to run xhost +localhost. Do I type that as user or must
> I be root? How many times to type this?
>
> Fred
>
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