On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 10:11, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > > xhost + 192.168.2.100
> > >
> > > returns - unable to open display""
> >
> > That is strange, xhost(1) should never return that. Are you sure you
> > didn't get a message like that returned from an actual X client?
> 
> Or ...
> 
> You must be running xhost on the remote system.
> 
> You should run the xhost on the X server itself. (Usually, the X server is
> where you physically sit at a keyboard, pointer device, and video
> display.)
----
Indeed I was AND
I wasn't running X already on the local machine
My terminology of client/server wasn't as precise as local/remote and
added to the confusion
My expectations were wrong
AND
xhost +ip_address seemed to matter, I kept putting a space between the +
and ip_address and that didn't seem to work

Thanks
Craig