[msg reordered due to top posting] On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 05:49, Dan Track wrote: > On 6/23/05, William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Dan Track wrote: > > > Yep the host file belongs to dan. > > > > > > > > > Here's the output of setting the display manually. I'm using putty. > > > > Where did PuTTY come in? > > > > > export DISPLAY=localhost:10 [dan@dan ~]$ xlogo > > > Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server > > > Xlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 data did not match > > > Error: Can't open display: localhost:10 > > > > Looks to me like it is working, you just have some X authentication stuff > > incorrect. What are you using for an X server? > > Hi > > I'm using xorg on FC3. "my box" is a standard build of fc3, that > hasn't been upgraded at all. I'm not an expert with X so I don't every > make any changes to it. How can I tell if its an authentication issue? > > Thanks > Dan Look at the xhost command. You probably need to run xhost + or xhost with option to allow the client to display windows on the server. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Ferguson's Precept: A crisis is when you can't say "let's forget the whole thing."