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- From: andy@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Andy Poling)
- Subject: Re: Possible DGL/Xauthority conflicts
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.152614.3558@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.sgi
- Summary: yes - it's really that bad
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- References: <86094@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Aug14.141745.3169@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <amoss.714045349@falafel>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:26:14 GMT
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- In article <amoss.714045349@falafel> amoss@huji.ac.il (Amos Shapira) writes:
- >andy@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Andy Poling) writes:
- [...]
- >>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?
-
- Yes - it's really that bad. I don't know why, but just doing xhost
- +dgl_client_machine does not work.
-
- -Andy
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