Remote X session, again

[Net Llama!]

On 05/07/03 16:42, Joel Hammer wrote:
> I can log onto a computer using X :1 -query remotebox
> and run an X session.
> 
> But, if I telent to the box, and try a graphical thinggee like gv, I get
> 
>      _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> 
> I have removed the -nolisten tcp in Xserver, I have run xhosts+ on my
> workstation, and the display variable is properly set by telnet on the
> remote box. My firewall on the workstation is wide open.
> 
>      Although I am running X, what I don't see is X listening
>      on 6000. There are no X servers listening, as a matter
>      of a fact.
> 
> I am using linodows (Debian).
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated,

sure, use ssh, and all of this is setup for you.  if you insist on using 
telnet, then you'll need to export your display on the remote end.

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