Remote Graphical Acesss to SuSE from XP Continued

[David White]

My great thanks to the quick reply to my message!

I did have some success with the suggestion.  However, I am still not able 
to view KDE running on my Linux server on my WinXP machine.  Still, now have 
a new error message, but this is a good thing!  It shows that Xfree86 is 
trying to get info from the server, which I was never able to confirm 
before.

Same setup: WinXP 192.168.0.7 SuSE8.1 192.168.0.5

When I executed startxwin.sh, a new XFree86 window came up with the X cursor 
and a terminal window.  From there I logged onto my linux machine (ssh -x 
192.168.0.5) and echoed the display variable (echo $display).  A blank line 
followed.  Assuming that the variable was not set, I typed it in manually on 
the server and tried the process again.  The following error was produced:

Agent pid 1200
Xlib: connection to "192.168.0.5:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

twm: unable to open display "192.168.0.5:0.0"
Xlib: connection to "192.168.0.5:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

xsetroot: unable to open display '192.168.0.5:0.0'


My startxwin.bat file contains the following commands
#! /bin/sh
export DISPLAY=192.168.0.5:0.0
PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH
eval `ssh-agent`
# Cleanup from last run.
rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix
# Start the X Server.
XWin -screen 0 1024 768 -noreset &
# Start the twm window manager.
twm &
# Set a background color to hide that nasty X stipple.
xsetroot -solid aquamarine4
# Start an xterm.
xterm -n xterm-1 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry +361+0 -e bash &
# Return from sh.
exit


Any information that anyone would be willing to provide would be very 
helpful!  I thank you for your support of this message list.

David White
whitedavida@hotmail.com



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Reply:

I don't see that you have started X?

Meanwhile step by step.. getting an xterm..

| I start CygWin through the standard cygwin.bat file from installation.

After starting cygwin.bat, type startxwin.sh in the shell-window..

| From the terminal window I can connect to 192.168.0.5 through TelNet
| or SSH to change the DISPLAY variable.  In my attempts I have set
| DISPLAY to both 192.168.0.7:0.0 and 127.0.0.1:0.0.

>From the window opened in the X-window, do "ssh -X 192.168.0.5" and
there, do "echo $DISPLAY" (let ssh set the DISPLAY for you), if you
get a value like 192.168.0.7:0.0 it should be working, here fire up a
xterm.

        /Andy

--
The eye of the linker rests on the libs!

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Original Message:

Sirs,

I am attempting to access my SuSE 8.1 machine from WinXP by way of 
CygWin/XFree86 without success. I am able to access the Linux machine with 
SSH through a standard terminal window though. Unfortunately I am new to 
Linux, so I am going at this half blind. I have visited the message archives 
and have tried several suggested listed there, but I still have problems.


My setup: (one network card each)
Linux Machine:
SuSE 8.1 running KDE 3.0 desktop
all xfree86 packages installed
IP 192.168.0.5


WinXP Machine:
CygWin with all xfree86 and KDE2.2.2 packages installed
IP 192.168.0.7

I start CygWin through the standard cygwin.bat file from installation. From 
the terminal window I can connect to 192.168.0.5 through TelNet or SSH to 
change the DISPLAY variable. In my attempts I have set DISPLAY to both 
192.168.0.7:0.0 and 127.0.0.1:0.0.

After I logout, I attempt set XHOST with XHOST +192.168.0.7. I get an error 
message; it is the only response I am ever able to get from XHOST with any 
IP address or host name entry. The error message is:
xhost: unable to open display??

If I run xstart or xwin, a blank graphics window comes up with the X mouse 
cursor, etc, without an image. I have tried to setup different display 
variables in startxwin.bat, startxwin.sh, cygwin.bat and others without any 
change. The one interesting thing is that from a terminal window with in 
Xwin window I can type XHOST 192.168.0.5 and get an response saying that the 
address has been added. Still there is not any change in that Xwin window or 
any other one that is started from that terminal screen.

I have followed all instructions I could find on the Internet about 
installation for CygWin and the KDE2.2.2 package 
(http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/kde2/installation.php). Now I am at a 
loss. If someone could please offer ANY suggestions, it will be most 
appreciated!!

Thank you for your time.


David White
whitedavida at hotmail dot com






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