[NTLUG:Discuss] xhost question

[Val W. Harris]

Steve Baker wrote:

> 
> That might be - quite a few IRIX desktop widgets are written in OpenGL - 
> even
> some that you'd think were 'obviously' not (like gdiff for example).
> 
> However, I'd be very suprised if 'xclock' has been rewritten into OpenGL 
> - the
> standard version most definitely isn't.

I agree that xclock isn't an OpenGL app.  I think that xclock is part of the
standard set of apps started by toolchest.

Perhaps Fred could begin troubleshooting this by starting xclock
manually on the host system.  If it appears on the client, we know that
the "DISPLAY" environment variable and xhost permissions are set
correctly.  If it doesn't appear, we trouble shoot that aspect.

If xclock appears on the client, let's look at toolchest.  On the host,
do:

    which toolchest
    file <full-pathname-to>/toolchest

This will tell us whether toolchest is a script or compiled binary.
If toolchest is a script, study it to see what it calls.  If toolchest
is a binary, "strace" it (man strace) to see what calls it makes.

I hope this helps,

Val
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