2005/11/23, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com>: > Dave Smith writes: > > On 11/22/05, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote: > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > > > On the host, outside of scratchbox, try > > > > xhost + > > > > (This opens potential X security holes, but it should get you going) > > Yes, that did the trick. Thanks! And this machine is behind a > firewall, so security isn't an immediate problem. > > My X setup is fairly standard Ubuntu (hoary) Xorg, except > that I've removed the -nolisten flag from my X server startup > (since I do sometimes use remote X). Could that be related? Ubuntu runs the x-server with the "--nolisten tcp" option. You can look for it with "ps -ef | grep X". If it's there, then nobody can login from a different machine anyway, so you are still pretty secure. /Erik
