[SOLVED] Cannot access port 6000 when going to Runlevel 5...

comcastuser · 02-15-2012, 03:20 AM

Whenever I go into runlevel 5 port 6000 (X) becomes closed. This is preventing me from opening an application window from a remote computer.

This problem goes away when I go back to runlevel 3.

When in runlevel 5 which port is the X server running on, and how do I set my DISPLAY variable on a remote computer (say, remote = 192.168.0.1 and this host with runlevel 5 = 192.168.0.2) so I can open remote windows ? I have tried 192.168.0.2:0, 192.168.0.2:0.0, 192.168.0.2:0.1, 192.168.0.2:0.2 and so on, to no avail.

Thanks!

acid_kewpie · 02-15-2012, 03:36 AM

I would very strongly suggest using X forwarding over SSH. If you do it this way the variables will always be set for you and it will securely suck the UI aspects over a nice SSH tunnel. it should work by default really, but you can ensure X11Forwarding is set to Yes in your own ssh_config.

comcastuser · 02-17-2012, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

I would very strongly suggest using X forwarding over SSH. If you do it this way the variables will always be set for you and it will securely suck the UI aspects over a nice SSH tunnel. it should work by default really, but you can ensure X11Forwarding is set to Yes in your own ssh_config.

Ah hah, that worked, after a bit of research.

ssh -l (user) -X (host)

Thanks!