X permissions problem

Did you give the remote host permission with xhost? As in:

xhost +the.host.name

You want to be sure not to leave a space between the '+' and host name;
just "xhost +" means everyone's welcome, probably not a good idea.

Steve
proudhawk@uswestmail.net wrote:
>
> ok,
> I've run into this enough and found virtually nothing in either the howto's or online documentation.
>
> it appears to be a permissions problem with teh X server.
>
> even though I have X forwarding through ssh tunnle turned on, the X server locally will not accept remote connections from anywhere through ssh (unless they originate from a "root" account).
>
> This problem did not exist with the version of X under 3.3.5 but cropped up with version 4.x.
>
> any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> one of the errors I get is:
> GTK Error: Connection to <hostname>:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>
> I would like to be able to use X apps without having to resort to Xvnc on the remote system
> (why tie up more cpu cycles and bandwidth?).
>
> HEEEEELP!
>
> Techomage Hawke
>
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