Displaying remote X-apps on DSL X-serverForum: X and Fluxbox Topic: Displaying remote X-apps on DSL X-server started by: bas Posted by bas on Feb. 21 2004,09:19
I am new to X, so maybe it is a dumb queustion...I want to use my DSL machine (486 with 32 MB RAM and no hard disk) as a X-server. I have another PC (in my network) running Windows XP, on which I installed CygWin with X support. I thought it would be possible to run an application on the Cygwin X client and display it at the DSL X-server. DSL machine: booted and showing X screen Windows XP machine: I typed in Cygwin X: "xclock -display 192.168.1.101" where 192.168.1.101 is the IP-address of the DSL machine. Unfortunately xclock didn't appear on my DSL machine, and Cygwin gave the message "cannot open display". Is Cygwin X (Xfree) compatible with DSL X, or what am I doing wrong? Posted by TyphoonMentat on Feb. 21 2004,15:55
The DSL X server is loaded with "-nolisten tcp" which means that it won't listen for incoming connections over TCP. Try disabling that option.
Posted by skaos on Feb. 23 2004,12:27
Here is what I do:XP/cygwin box: export DISPLAY=192.168.1.101:0.0 which I guess is equivalent to what you do. On DSL box: xhost ip.adress.xp.box which allows incoming X commands to the X server. I don't know if DSL comes with a firewall, but if it does, you may have to allow access to port 6000 which X uses. |