Many Linux distributions ships X with '-nolisten tcp' as the default option. This means that the X server won't accept remote connections.
My real question is on my Fedora box.
I execute xhost + then telnet to the Debian box. When I try to do 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.
You need to use ssh X11 forwarding to connect remote applications in this case.
I don't know if this is the case for fedora.
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