On Wednesday 19 November 2003 03:13, Thomas wrote: > I found the remote X Window thingie does not work anymore like it did > on Redhat 9. > I used to simply log into a remote host, issue an export > DISPLAY=hostname:0 and eventually a xhost + command on the local > machine, so that i could use GUI Apps from the remote host displayed > on my local X server. > > Running fedora, i simply get the message > Error: Can't open display: nova:0 > > (no firewall on the local fedora machine, also 'xhost +', so all > displays should be allowed. ) > > Any idea why it does not work like on Redhat 9 anymore? > > thanx > > Thomas > It seems someone got smart and battened down the hatches on a potential security problem. See the thread in the archives at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=106908503924690&w=2 Regards, Mike Klinke
