xhost: unable to open display????

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I am a dba, not an sa, that recently had to take over administering an HP-UX server. Needless to say I am not in a comfortable area, but found out that of all people I am the most knowledgeable on unix here .... scary thought I know.

I am having troubles exporting my display to a Windows XP terminal. Oracle is throwing display errors after

export DISPLAY=<ip_address>:0.0. -or-
export DISPLAY=<ip_address>:0. -or-
export DISPLAY=<ip_address>

None of it matters ... still get errors opening a display

Have tried xhost +
but still get errors ...
xhost: unable to open display

Additional info ... I have been doing all of this through a telnet session, as I do not see ssh installed on the server, and unless its pretty dummy-proof to install it I am hesitant to do so ... again I am a lowly dba without the first clue on administering unix at an sa level.

The server is HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800 (te) if that helps with anything.

I have tried all this as both the oracle user and as root ... results are the same

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!!

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1) Do you have an X Server (such as Exceed or Cygwin-X) running on Windows XP when you are running the program?

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Hi,

I am also running into a similar situation.
I have Exceed running on my machine.

Still its giving me the same error.

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lose the trailing dot ...

export DISPLAY=<ip_address>:0.0
export DISPLAY=<ip_address>:0

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You can try this:

1.telnet/ssh into the server.
2.export DISPLAY=<i.p. address of XP machine>:0 (syntax varies for other shells)
3.Open any X-Server application (eg. Kea!X, Exceed etc.)
4.Log in to the server
5.Try running any openwindows application or any graphical application eg.
oracle installer from the cdrom.

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Oops,

I got totally confused.
It is working now and even with last 0.

Can somebody give me a good link to help me understand what actually is X server.
As reading the man page of xhost; it says if you remove the client from the access control list then you won't be able to display.
But even after doing that its working for me.