Salam, Why dont u enable RDP on centOS (running GUI), and then using ubunto with this path Applications-->internet-->Terminal Server Client Regards, Umair Shakil ETD On 10/10/07, techlists at comcast.net <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 > > > And ran this command on the Ubuntu laptop: > > xauth +192.168.0.2 > > > When I try to run, say, xclock on the Ubuntu laptop, this is the error > message I'm getting: > > [root at centos-ws ~]# xclock > Error: Can't open display: 192.168.0.18:0.0 > > I'm assuming there's an important little detail I'm missing somewhere, but > don't know what. > > Any suggestions? > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071010/4765cc56/attachment-0005.html>