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Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

xhost +$hostname problem

For some time xhost + hostname stopped working. I am no longer able to run applications as root or other users with xhost + myhostname - I'm forced to use xhost +

[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ hostname
lightbringer
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ xhost
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ xhost + lightbringer
lightbringer being added to access control list
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@lightbringer dheart]# kwrite 
No protocol specified
kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0
[root@lightbringer dheart]# exit
exit
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ xhost + 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 being added to access control list
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@lightbringer dheart]# kwrite 
No protocol specified
kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0
[root@lightbringer dheart]# exit
exit
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ xhost + 85.187.41.92
85.187.41.92 being added to access control list
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ su 
Password: 
[root@lightbringer dheart]# kwrite 
No protocol specified
kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0
[root@lightbringer dheart]# exit
exit
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ xhost
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
INET:127.0.0.1
INET:lightbringer.domain.org
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ xhost +
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
[dheart@lightbringer ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@lightbringer dheart]# kwrite 
kbuildsycoca running...
[root@lightbringer dheart]#

Also here's my /etc/hosts

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>   <hostname.domain.org>   <hostname>
85.187.41.92 lightbringer.domain.org  lightbringer

# End of file

Any ideas?

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Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: xhost +$hostname problem

The wiki says "Your X server must be configured to listen to TCP connections for xhost + localhost to work"
Though I have never done so, so I wouldn't know how to proceed.

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Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: xhost +$hostname problem

The wiki says "Your X server must be configured to listen to TCP connections for xhost + localhost to work"
Though I have never done so, so I wouldn't know how to proceed.

Ye... Must've missed that...
Anyway anyone knows how to configre X to listen to TCP connections?
Or some other solution to my problem?

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Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

Re: xhost +$hostname problem

Configure your login-manager to allow TCP connections, for gdm that's DisallowTCP=false Or do this as root:

export XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority

Both xhost + localhost and xhost + 127.0.0.1 work for me by the way; and I haven't configured anything special?

Last edited by Spider.007 (2008-03-24 17:49:26)

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: xhost +$hostname problem

Configure your login-manager to allow TCP connections, for gdm that's DisallowTCP=false Or do this as root:

export XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority

Both xhost + localhost and xhost + 127.0.0.1 work for me by the way; and I haven't configured anything special?

xhost + $hostname worked for me until some time.... anyway I put this

export XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority

in rc.local and I'd also aprciate how to enable the xhost + thing (I use kdm)

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My victim you are meant to be
No, you cannot hide nor flee
You know what I'm looking for
Pleasure your torture, I will endure...