It has been a LONG time since I used X11 for anything other than the occasional program that must install.

If I recall, xhost is for when your session is the server (not the client!) and you want/need something to connect to your screen. So, generally, you will need xhost on your PC/linux system, not on the AIX machine that is acting as an X11 client.

So, if you do mean you want the window to open on a local AIX X11 server session - if it is your login session, running xhost + in your .profile should be enough.

From man xhost:

Code:

Syntax

       xhost [ + | - ] [ Name ]

Description

       The xhost command adds or deletes host names on the list of machines
       from which the X Server accepts connections.

re: rootvg.net etc, yes, the same. But that does not mean much here. Here is I just a person answering questions.
"unix.com" is probably a better forum these days - more people answering questions - and more questions per day. So, I'll try to give love to both.

I'd say more, but someone might think I am trying to steer traffic elsewhere (and not even to rootvg...).