Dear Colleagues,
The solution to my problem was worked out by Barry Say and sent to me
by Alan Kenwright. Spinsight doesn't properly interpret the DISPLAY
environment variable when it uses a domain name that isn't listed in the
hosts file. The solution is to reset DISPLAY using an IP address or to put
the name in the hosts file. Thanks to Alan and the others who responded so
quickly to my dilemma.
Regards,
Alan
>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:22:32 -0500
>To: ammrl_at_wwitch.unl.edu
>From: Alan Ronemus <ronemus_at_purdue.edu>
>Subject: Spinsight with Exceed
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am attempting, without success, to remotely access the Spinsight
> software that runs on the Sun host of my Varian Infinity-400 using the
> Exceed X-server package from my PC. I use XDM to open a CDE desktop with
> the window manager running on the Sun under Solaris 2.6 with
> TCP-wrappers. The desktop applications run normally, but Spinsight (and
> acc) exits immediately with the message "Error: Can't open display:
> <my_PC_name>:0.0". I haven't found any other error message in any of the
> logs on either the Sun or the PC. The problem seems to be some specific
> interaction between Exceed and Spinsight, as at least one other PC
> X-server works properly. I am using Exceed version 6.0.1 running under
> Windows NT 4.0 SP5, connecting via an ethernet LAN to the Sun. If you
> have made Exceed work with Spinsight, please get in touch to let me in on
> the secret. I will summarize to the list if a cure is found.
>
> Regards,
> Alan
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Received on Tue Feb 01 2000 - 15:48:53 MST