In message <9fc039df46@yoda.in-berlin.de> you wrote:

> > Rik Griffin (riscbsd@CHEESEY.DEMON.CO.UK) wrote:
> > 
> > > xterm -display cheesey.demon.co.uk
> 
> You could try
>  
>    xterm -display cheesey.demon.co.uk:0
>    
> Please note the ":0" at the end. And make sure that cheesey.demon.co.uk
> can be resolved correctly into an IP address.

It can, and I have tried -display 158.152.37.242:0.0 as well. Netstat
indicates that a connection is being made, but nothing happens from
there onward. Just like the telnet problem really, it's really odd.

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