remote X on 5.1-RELEASE

[Roman Neuhauser]

# tlt at badger.tltodd.com / 2003-06-29 08:07:45 -0500:
> How do you get remote X to work with 5.1-RELEASE?
> 
> Here is an attempt with some fields blanked out.
> 
> $ xhost +
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> $ telnet ______
> Trying ___.___.__.___...
> ....
> ....
> tlt at ______> xterm
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: ______.______.___:0.0
> tlt at ______> 
> 
> The errno man page says errno 61 is connection refused.  There is no
> firewall or anything on the laptop running 5.1-RELEASE on a local subnet.
> It is a fairly generic install except I had to recompile with OLDCARD.

    is the X server actually listening to remote connections? see
    startx(1).

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