DISPLAY vble: problem in Debian linux X

From: Saul Lubkin (salu_at_troi.cc.rochester.edu)
Date: 08/22/04

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    Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:33:42 -0400
To: lubkin@math.rochester.edu

    Hi, ALL!

    I run a 5 computer, Ethernet-connect, network at home -- Intel hardware --
    running the latest stable Debian Linux release (woody).

    Now, for X-windows, running, e. g.,

    DISPLAY=<IP address of computer X on the network>:0.0 xlogo&

    DISPLAY=<IP address of computer X on the network>:0.0 xlogo&

    should -- assuming, e.g., that you're xhost commands are right, etc --

    run xlogo on the local machine, with the window coming up on Computer X.

    Doesn't work.

    E.g., even on the LOCAL machine, running

    DISPLAY=<IP address of local machine>:0.0 xlogo& --

    or

    DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xlogo&

    or various modifications thereof all fail, with the error message "Unable

    to open display".

    Running

    DISPLAY=:0.0 xlogo& --

    or just

    xlogo&

    xlogo&

    works instantly.

    Also, ping localhost (or <IP address of local machine, or all the above
    variants>), works fine -- all at about the same speed.

    ??

    <Please, if possible, email this directly to me. as well as sending to the
    newsgroup -- I read the group less often than I should, due to time
    constraints. I'll post a summary of all relevant answers --
    including the eventual solution that works -- to the group, no matter
    what>

    This problem probably needs a Debian linux guru -- my system has the
    defualt settings, for a Debian linux woody installation.

    Thanks a lot!!!

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