Hp - linux X-Application

[Andrei Pascal]

On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 13:12 +0200, Padiyath Sreekumaran wrote:
>   Hello,
>   I have the following problem. I want to use a SW which is installed on
> a HP.
>   My desktop is a RedHat installed linux machine. Iam logging with
> telnet 
>   (ssh is not installed on HP!)on HP. I did the following on my desktop.
>   Executed "xhost + " before logging to HP. Logged with telnet on HP and
> executed
>   the command setenv DISPLAY linuxxx:0. When I run "xclock" I get the
> following
>   error:
>   "Error: Can't open display: linuxxx:0"


Hi Padiyath,

Make sure you don't have a firewall in place on your desktop. If you
have the default FW, it is blocking tcp:6000. Take it down, at least
temporarily (iptables -F INPUT) and try again.

Also try 'X -query linuxxx', check if it shows things ok.

Good luck,
Andrei