When I put export DISPLAY="IP address:0.0" ip address being my windows8 desktop then xhost + I get xhost: unable to open display "IP:0.0" when I try export DISPLAY=":0.0" I get the same thing. I have centos6.4 running on a late model Dell Blade Windows8 Alienware laptop I checked the xwin firewall setting and it is set to public network access (but strangely private network is grayed out) any ideas -- Dan Hyatt