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Transporting code from one mac to another: Problem connection to X windows server... [message #66536] Fri, 22 May 2009 03:21 Go to next message
stefan5465 is currently offline  stefan5465
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Registered: March 2009
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Dear all,

Has anyone tried copying across some code from mac to mac, only to be
met with the receiving mac seemingly trying to connect to the
donating mac's x windows server?

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
% PLOT: Unable to connect to X Windows display: :0.0
% PLOT: Unable to open X Windows display.
Is your DISPLAY environment variable set correctly?

Google says its a fairly common message within xwindows - but all the
solutions involve some sort of bash command line quick fix -

is there anything I can stick in the .pro files to ensure this doesn't
happen every time?

Thanks,
Stefan
Re: Transporting code from one mac to another: Problem connection to X windows server... [message #66615 is a reply to message #66536] Fri, 22 May 2009 11:39 Go to previous message
David Gell is currently offline  David Gell
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Registered: January 2009
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On May 22, 5:21 am, stefan5...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Has anyone tried copying across some code from mac to mac, only to be
> met with the receiving mac seemingly  trying to connect to the
> donating mac's x windows server?
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> % PLOT: Unable to connect to X Windows display: :0.0
> % PLOT: Unable to open X Windows display.
>        Is your DISPLAY environment variable set correctly?
>
> Google says its a fairly common message within xwindows - but all the
> solutions involve some sort of bash command line quick fix -
>
> is there anything I can stick in the .pro files to ensure this doesn't
> happen every time?
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan

Two more things to check. First X11 needs permission to accept network
connections.
Look in the preferences for a checkbox "Allow connections from network
clients" and
make sure it is selected.

The second possibility is you may only think you set the DISPLAY
environment variable.
The environment variable must be set prior to starting X11 to ensure
that X11 gets the
correct value. There are at least 3 ways to set environment variables,
a system profile
script, a user profile script, and the environment plist file in the
hidden directory
.maxOSX. I prefer using the environment.plist property file. It gives
one place to
collect all environment variable settings that will apply to any
application started
from the finder. Since the command line interface is through the
terminal application,
it also affects command line activities.
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