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# 1  
Old 11-19-2007
Unable to run xclock

Hello.
I am trying to run xclock on newly built solaris box[Solaris 10 11/06 s10x_u3wos_10 X86] - These are the steps I followed:

# DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
# export DISPLAY
# xclock
xclock: not found
# cd /usr/openwin/bin
# ./xclock
Error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0
#

Please suggest, what am i doing wrong?

Thank you!
# 2  
Old 11-19-2007
It looks like you are running it as root, are you running the x-server as root or yourself? (permissions could be interfering)

A simple test:
Code:
/usr/openwin/bin/xdpyinfo -display <display>

Try localhost:0 as the display, or just look and see what the x-server is listening on.
# 3  
Old 11-19-2007
Hello - Earlier I was connecting to server using telnet , now I use putty with ssh and below is the output:

$ echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
$ xclock
ksh: xclock: not found
$ cd /usr/openwin/bin
$ ./xclock
X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
$ su
Password:
# pwd
/usr/openwin/bin
# ./xclock
X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
#

From my ID or root ID , the error is same.

Please advice.
# 4  
Old 11-19-2007
Also the o/p of xdpyinfo:

# ./xdpyinfo -display localhost:10.0
X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
#
# 5  
Old 11-20-2007
Start without the X port forward via ssh and get it working locally first.
If the X server isn't responding properly, trying to route it via ssh isn't likely to help Smilie

As the user that is running the x-server, see what the output to the xdpyinfo command is. That will tell you if you have an issue with the x-server itself or an auth problem.

Edit: hang on, are you running this locally or trying to run it over the network? Where is the X-server (the display) running?
# 6  
Old 11-20-2007
Hello.
I am trying to run it from remote machine , which is in the network:

$ cd /usr/openwin/bin
$ ./xclock
X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
$ ./xdpyinfo
X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
$ echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
$


Please suggest.
# 7  
Old 11-20-2007
To be able to show X Window applications on Your local machine You must have an X-server running on it. Do You?
Are You running this through putty on a Windows machine?
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