xterm Xt error

[Geller Sandor]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:

> Hi ALL
>
> a) On local box, do xhost +
>
> b)  Go to remote host.
>   ssh -X remotehost
>   export DISPLAY= <local box ip>:0.0
>   /usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: IP:0.0

Is X listening on TCP? Several distributions ship display manager configs 
which explicitely disable it. Do a 'netstat -l -n -p|grep 6000' to verify 
whether X listens on TCP or not.

   Geller Sandor <wildy at petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>