Bug 1951 - usernet doesn't honor standard -display argument
Summary: usernet doesn't honor standard -display argument
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: usernet
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-04-02 15:53 UTC by kenc
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-04-06 17:47:53 UTC
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Description kenc 1999-04-02 15:53:15 UTC 
Attempts to run usernet on a remote client fail.
Apparently  it is not respecting the -display option that
all X applications are assumed to support.

I have two machines networked together, only one of which
has a modem and is configured to set up a ppp connection to
a remote ISP.  IP Forwarding is currently disabled.  Users
on the second machine use rsh to run internet applications
on the first machine.  Works fine with everything except
usernet.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-04-03 04:07:59 UTC 
you can use DISPLAY=foo.example.com:0 usernet to run it.
Comment 2 David Lawrence 1999-04-06 17:47:59 UTC 
Could not replicate this problem on a test lab machine.
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