-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com> > n Wed, 2007-10-10 at 02:14 +0000, techlists at comcast.net wrote: > > I have a CentOS server at home and want to view the X display on a laptop > running Ubuntu, and not having much success. > > > > Here's what's been tried so far: > > > > I ran this command on the CentOS server: > > > > export DISPLAY=192.168.0.18:0.0 > > > ssh -X -Y centos > > xclock & I tried that and am getting this error message. Just ran an nmap scan on 192.168.0.18 and the X server port doesn't appear to be open. How is that enabled? connect 192.168.0.18 port 6000: Connection refused Paul