X server not reponding

[Scot L. Harris]

[msg reordered due to top posting]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 05:49, Dan Track wrote:

> On 6/23/05, William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Dan Track wrote:
> > > Yep the host file belongs to dan.
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's the output of setting the display manually. I'm using putty.
> > 
> > Where did PuTTY come in?
> > 
> > > export DISPLAY=localhost:10 [dan at dan ~]$ xlogo
> > > Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server
> > > Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 data did not match
> > > Error: Can't open display: localhost:10
> > 
> > Looks to me like it is working, you just have some X authentication stuff
> > incorrect.  What are you using for an X server?
> > 
Hi
> 
> I'm using xorg on FC3. "my box" is a standard build of fc3, that
> hasn't been upgraded at all. I'm not an expert with X so I don't every
> make any changes to it. How can I tell if its an authentication issue?
> 
> Thanks
> Dan

Look at the xhost command.

You probably need to run xhost +
or xhost with option to allow the client to display windows on the
server.

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