On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, David Miller wrote: > Hello > > I have been a linux user for quite some time but havn't tried to do > special things with X that much. > > I have been using RedHat since RedHat 4 and am now running Fedora. I > decided to checkout Debian and downloaded the 3.0 r2 iso and installed > on an old k6 166. I am having trouble setting up X on an old Genoa PCI > card that I can't identify the model of. Every time I move the mouse, > there is fragments of data from other parts of the display left where > the mouse was. > > My real question is on my Fedora box. > I execute xhost + then telnet to the Debian box. When I try to do "xhost +" allows your Fedora box to accept connections, but did you redirect the display in the shell on the Debian box to tell it which X server to attach to? You'll want to set the DISPLAY environment variable to describe the X server's name (eg. "Fedora.Host.Name:0.0"). Mark. > something simple like execute xterm I get a message like xterm Xt error: > Can't open display: > On the other hand if I do the following: > Xnest :1 -ac& > fvwm2 -display :1& > then open an xterm in the fvwm2 window and telnet to the Debian box from > there I can execute whatever app on the Debian box I want to execute. > > I run gnome on both boxes as default. > > I thought I would be able to telnet to the debian box, execute Xnest and > then gnome-session -- display :1 and have a new gnome session in a > window that is displaying the Debian front end. > > Any ideas. > > David Miller > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
