Re: DDDing an Xwindows progam remotely

[Andrew Gaylard]

v4r4n wrote:
> (gdb) run
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> Error: Can't open display: :0.0
>
> Program exited with code 01.
> (gbd)
>
> Starting from the command line with DDD's -display option does not
> seem to effect the problem, and only determines whether DDD itself
> runs, not the application being debugged.
>
> Is this a possible DDD bug or are my X-windows environment variables
> all messed up?

Neither.  This is a basic X access problem.  Try "man xhost".

Better still, use ssh with your ssh_config and sshd_config set up
to forward X traffic over the ssh session.

Andrew.