Howto use Xnest

Andrew Zschetzsche zsche004 at morris.umn.edu
Thu Mar 3 21:18:28 MST 2005


>>>>(2) startx  --  /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest  :1
>>
>>As non-root,
>>
>>Xnest :1 &
>>xterm -display :1
>>
>>worked for me.
> 
> 
> What does
> 
>   xhost :1
> 
> tell you?


On my box xhost :1 returned:
xhost: unknown address family ""
xhost:  bad hostname ":1"

But the debain x86 boxes in our CSCI instruction lab have this command 
in their launcher menu, and it worked.

gdmflexiserver --xnest


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