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- Thread starter madkayak
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Well, it's hard to say what you're doing wrong without knowing what you're doing. 
You might want to give some more details.
Are you exporting your display after you telnet in, or are you trying to use the -display option of xterm? Either way, you need to make sure to run
xhost + server_name_or_ip
on the local system before telneting to the server. Otherwise, the local X server won't accept connections from the remote machine. After that, you can export your display in the normal way (with the command "export DISPLAY=server_name_or_ip:0.0" or use xterm's -display option.
You might want to give some more details.Are you exporting your display after you telnet in, or are you trying to use the -display option of xterm? Either way, you need to make sure to run
xhost + server_name_or_ip
on the local system before telneting to the server. Otherwise, the local X server won't accept connections from the remote machine. After that, you can export your display in the normal way (with the command "export DISPLAY=server_name_or_ip:0.0"
or use xterm's -display option.- Status