On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Rik Griffin wrote:

> > 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.

Maybe the display connection is being refused ? If so, you could try 
typing

xhost +

when logged into RiscBSD, then doing a telnet/rlogin to the remote 
machine and trying the xterm again.

amit