still having a problem with xwinclip
Ian Burrell
iburrell@stanfordalumni.org
Wed Apr 10 14:47:00 GMT 2002
Eli Kleinman wrote:
> I tried setting DISPLAY to :0.0 but this did not solve my problem
> this is what I use to start CDE
> $ export DISPLAY=192.9.200.136:0.0
> xwin -noreset -screen 0 1152 864 -query 192.9.200.6 -fp
> tcp/192.9.200.6:7100 -from 192.9.200.136 &
> [1] 600
>
> this is what I try to use to start xwinclip and this is what i get
> $ export DISPLAY=:0.0
> $ xwinclip.exe
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> Could not open display
>
> Could some one please help me
>
When you use -query, the X server doesn't allow connection from the
local machine. I think it uses xauth cookies. You need to enable
connections with xhost from an xterm running in the X server. Something
like this should work:
xhost local:
xhost <hostname>
- Ian
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