xterm returns error: "Error: Couldn't find per display information"

[Shweta_3]

Hello,
Similar question has surfaced before in this forum, however none of the answers got me the solution.

Scenario:
On HP machine "hpmach"
export DISPLAY=linuxmac:0.0
On machine: linuxmac, xhost +hpmach is set.

"xclock" works correctly, opening the clock on the linux machine.
However, xterm returns with error
$xterm
Error: Can't open display: hpmach:0.0
Error: Couldn't find per display information

Since "xclock" works well, we eliminate any setup problem with Xserver on linuc machine or any other permission issue.

Is there any other action required for "xterm"?

Thank You

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

Yes. You can not use hostname with DISPLAY parameter.

Try to put as,

export DISPLAY=:0.0

hth.

[Arunvijai_4]

have you looked into these threads ?
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=676028
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=370247

-Arun

[Shweta_3]

Thanks a lot. I over-looked a trivia.
The DISPLAY does require an IP address and not hostname.