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- From: amoss@huji.ac.il (Amos Shapira)
- Subject: Re: Possible DGL/Xauthority conflicts
- Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
- Date: 17 Aug 92 09:55:49 GMT
- Message-ID: <amoss.714045349@falafel>
- References: <86094@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Aug14.141745.3169@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
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- andy@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Andy Poling) writes:
-
- >In article <86094@netnews.upenn.edu> holder@central.cis.upenn.edu (Gaylord Holder) writes:
- >>
- >> We have just started using xauth/Xauthority here and have
- >>noticed some problems bringing up DGL processes with Xauthority
- >>running. It seems if my REMOTEHOST environment variable is set, I get
- >>the error:
- >> dgl error (comm): read returned 0
- >>but if unset, everything works fine.
- >>
-
- >Yes, you can do the unacceptable: "xhost +" on the X-server.
-
- >GL programs on the fast machine with no graphics device (without doing an
- >xhost + and giving the whole universe access to my screen). I can't use
-
- Well, you are right to be upset about this, but what about doing "xhost
- +big-machine" and letting it alone be able to open your display, true that
- it's not Xauth (I think it will also turn Xauth off automatically) but it's
- not as bad as your description, is it?
-
- Regards,
-
- --
-
- --Amos Shapira (Jumper Extraordiner)
- C.S. System Group, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
- amoss@cs.huji.ac.il
-