[H-GEN] Problems with Telnet and X

Raymond Smith raymond at humbug.org.au
Tue Jun 10 23:39:58 EDT 2003


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Raymond Smith <raymond at humbug.org.au> wrote:
> My question is basically: where the hell should I look for differences
> between xterms and consoles that might cause this behaviour?

And the answer is: a DISPLAY variable. Setting my DISPLAY to include
the IP address of my host, or simply unsetting it, worked wonders. I
guess the server's telnet daemon was trying to do something with DISPLAY
on itself.

Cheers,

Raymond
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raymond at humbug.org.au



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