CentOS - Jan 2006 - help with Xlib

I have a remote session via ssh/vncviewer and I'm logged in and working.

I have opened a terminal and am trying to start the Fedora Directory
Server console (not that this should matter)...

and thus I am typing (as root)...

./startconsole -x nologo -u admin -a MYHOSTNAME:PORT# &

and it fails to launch and returns the following error...

Xlib: connection to "MYHOSTNAME:1.0" refused by server
Xlib: no protocol specified

Console: can't connect to X11 window server using 'MYHOSTNAME:1.0'
as
the value of the DISPLAY variable

and of course it then exits

I have done this elsewhere - the difference I think is that I originally
installed this system without any X stuff but have since added it and am
launching this from a GNOME session (so I know X is working).

Clues?

Craig

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:37:30PM -0700, Craig White
wrote:
> Xlib: connection to "MYHOSTNAME:1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: no protocol specified
> 
> Clues?
xhost(1)

Also make sure your local X server is configured to accept tcp
connections, and you have no iptables rules blocking those.

Among other places, you will want to check for the DisalowTCP
tag on /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, if you are using gdm (standard for
CentOS). I don't remember what the default is.

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
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