>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: [..snip..] Paul:> Why don't you use "ssh -X light.unix" on dark.unix, opening a secure Paul:> connection from dark to light with X forwarding (i.e. running "prog" Paul:> just works), so that you don't need to set up the tcp listening and Paul:> don't have to mess about with "xhost" and $DISPLAY? Thanks for the suggestion but I tried that and still got the error message. However, I will tinker again and see what happens. -- Wojciech Komornicki