[CLUE-Tech] quick and dirty way to let a solaris app run on linux xserver?

[Brandon N]

--- Dave Price <davep at kinaole.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to get an xclient program on a solaris system to display
> on
> my linux X server.
> 
> I have tried xhost, but the solaris box still whines about not being
> able to open my display, even tho it can ping it.
> 
> Any suggestions for a quick and dirty way to allow this to happen -
> both
> systems are on the same private LAN, so security is not an issue.
> 
> aloha,
> dave

You may have already tried all of this, but here is how it should work:

on linux X server:
$ xhost +
$ echo $DISPLAY

on Sun box
$ DISPLAY=<value of above DISPLAY>
$ export DISPLAY    
$ xapp



Hope this helps,
Brandon

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