connecting to X from remote box

plisken · 05-07-2003, 06:33 AM

Hi there, this should be easy for someone...

I have two RH boxes running, what I wish to do is ditch the monitor/keyboard/mouse from one of the machines but would still like to use some graphical features.

I thought it was possible to run graphical applications on a remote Linux machine.

Currently when telneting into the remote machine, and running timetool, I get the following:

Xlib: connection to "david14.MATRIX:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server

Help as always is appreciated...

mayankjohri · 05-07-2003, 06:46 AM

try ssh and tell me what happens

Mik · 05-07-2003, 06:47 AM

Well on the remote computer you will most likely need to run the command xhost + (gives access to all hosts) or xhost + hostname (gives access to a specific host).
And you will need to set the DISPLAY variable to make sure it gets displayed on the right machine.

plisken · 05-08-2003, 04:47 AM

OK, here is the deal, I have logged on to the remote box and run xhost + david14
xhost -

then when I run xhost it indicates that access control is enabled and lists the name of the local computer to which I wish to use to access this machine remotely.

Going back to the other box, if I try to do anything that requires X I get the following:

Xlib: connection to "david14.MATRIX: 0.0" refused by server
Xlib Client is not authorised to connect to Server

All help would be greatly appreciated...

plisken · 05-08-2003, 05:09 AM

When I do the same on the other machine, ie allow access using xhost

I can connect to it no problem...

Surly this has nothing to do with different graphics cards or something...

plisken · 05-09-2003, 12:28 PM

Got it working...

What I had to do was run xhost + boxname
where boxname would be the name of the machine I wished to connect to, ie the remote computer.

I would have thought, xhost would have to have been run on the remote machine, not on the local machine.

Anyway, it works...

cheers for all the help