Re: xhost: unable to open display ""

[Jack <ostroffjh at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

On 2018.01.23 19:57, Mark Geisert wrote:
> Waltz, James wrote:
> > Hi-
> >
> > I think that I have installed all the necessary packages, but I  
> > still get the above error, when I type “xhost +” on my local machine.
> >
> > I am also still getting a “cannot open display: localhost:10.0”  
> > error.
> >
> > This is DESPITE the fact that:
> > - I set DISPLAY to “localhost:10.0”
> > - X11Forwarding is set to “yes” in the sshd_config file
> > - I changed the “hosts” file, under /etc to have actual IP addresses.
> >
> > Any idea why this might be happening?
>
> Yes.  Change that "10" to "0".  So it's "localhost:0.0" or even  
> ":0.0".
> Should work much better.... :)
Unless ssh is involved, which was not stated, but I suspect might be  
part of the issue.

Jack
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