--Apple-Mail-5-546762320 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Ted, Thanks for the reply. I can ping the address, but I'm still getting the same message (see below). What does it mean: "Xlib: connection to "24.128.204.204:0.0" refused by server" Does that mean that my XDarwin installation won't allow connections to it from outside? How do I change this if so? Thanks, Jason On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 08:21 AM, Ted Frison wrote: > Jason, > > We've had a problem with one of the new 2x1.0Ghz G4s where it refuses to > communicate with one other Mac (an 867 G4) on the LAN. znApple has been > jerking us around for over a week on this -- their help desk is > populated by > idiots. They blame the switch ("oh, you have to disable the spanning > tree" > -- which no unmanaged switch uses), the other machines, anything to > avoid > digging into the problem. They were very unhappy when I conjoined the > machines with a crossover cable and still had trouble. > > To isolate the problem, try to ping and ftp to/from the other machine. > File > sharing needs to be on (stop it, and restart to be sure everything on > the > mac is current). And,ftp (file sharing panel) needs to be enabled. > > > -- > > Ted Frison > chaotic.com > > >> From: Jason Horn <jhorn@bu.edu> >> Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org >> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:53:28 -0400 >> To: newbie@XFree86.Org >> Subject: [Newbie]Re: Newbie Info Page >> >> I've just installed Xfree86 4.2 with the minimum components on my mac >> OSX 10.1.4 system. All seemed to go well, and it does work. >> However, I >> can't open a connection to another machine - or more precisely, I can't >> open a connection to my mac from another machine. >> >> I'm getting the following: >> >> >> cers00 (grad/jhorn) 101 > xterm -d 24.128.204.204:0.0 >> Xlib: connection to "24.128.204.204:0.0" refused by server >> Xlib: No protocol specified >> >> Error: Can't open display: 24.128.204.204:0.0 >> cers00 (grad/jhorn) 102 > >> >> >> NOTES: >> 1) 24.128.204.204 is my mac >> 2) XDarwin was running >> 3) this command was typed on the other machine (of course) >> >> This command has always worked with other X server apps (Tennon's >> Xtools) running on my Mac. Can anyone help? Do I need to somehow give >> permission to open connections? What's wrong? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Jason >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Newbie@XFree86.Org >> *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie --Apple-Mail-5-546762320 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Ted, Thanks for the reply. I can ping the address, but I'm still getting the same message (see below). What does it mean: <color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>"Xlib: connection to "24.128.204.204:0.0" refused by server" Does that mean that my XDarwin installation won't allow connections to it from outside? How do I change this if so? Thanks, Jason </color> On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 08:21 AM, Ted Frison wrote: <excerpt>Jason, We've had a problem with one of the new 2x1.0Ghz G4s where it refuses to communicate with one other Mac (an 867 G4) on the LAN. znApple has been jerking us around for over a week on this -- their help desk is populated by idiots. They blame the switch ("oh, you have to disable the spanning tree" -- which no unmanaged switch uses), the other machines, anything to avoid digging into the problem. They were very unhappy when I conjoined the machines with a crossover cable and still had trouble. To isolate the problem, try to ping and ftp to/from the other machine. File sharing needs to be on (stop it, and restart to be sure everything on the mac is current). And,ftp (file sharing panel) needs to be enabled. -- Ted Frison chaotic.com <excerpt>From: Jason Horn <<jhorn@bu.edu> Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:53:28 -0400 To: newbie@XFree86.Org Subject: [Newbie]Re: Newbie Info Page I've just installed Xfree86 4.2 with the minimum components on my mac OSX 10.1.4 system. All seemed to go well, and it does work. However, I can't open a connection to another machine - or more precisely, I can't open a connection to my mac from another machine. I'm getting the following: cers00 (grad/jhorn) 101 > xterm -d 24.128.204.204:0.0 Xlib: connection to "24.128.204.204:0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: 24.128.204.204:0.0 cers00 (grad/jhorn) 102 > NOTES: 1) 24.128.204.204 is my mac 2) XDarwin was running 3) this command was typed on the other machine (of course) This command has always worked with other X server apps (Tennon's Xtools) running on my Mac. Can anyone help? Do I need to somehow give permission to open connections? What's wrong? Thanks in advance! Jason _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie </excerpt> _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie </excerpt> --Apple-Mail-5-546762320--