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-<!-- Add your text below. We strongly advise to start with a Headline (see button bar above). --> +As X11 in its newer versions doesn't allow incoming tcp connections by default anymore (see the relative [[https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cc59be38b7eff52a1d003b390f2994c73ee0b3e9|commit)]], since Slackware 14.2 you have to launch your X server (the one which has to display the remote application) explicitly enabling them, like
-====== Plain Ol' Vanilla X11 Forwarding ======+
  
-**NOTE:** in the X11 world, the **SERVER machine** is the one listening for a connection (your desktop).  The **CLIENT machine** is the one initiating the connection (the machine you are executing the commands on).  I know, it sounds backwards but, it is actually correct if you understand the X11 connection.+     startx -- -listen tcp
  
-1) As X11 in its newer versions doesn't allow tcp connections by default anymore (see the relative [[https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cc59be38b7eff52a1d003b390f2994c73ee0b3e9|commit)]], since Slackware 14.2 you have to launch your X server explicitly enabling them, like+if you are using a display manager to launch your X session refer to its documentation for enabling this in its configuration file. 
 +====== Plain Ol' Vanilla X11 Forwarding ======
  
-     startx -- -listen tcp+**NOTE:** in the X11 world, the **SERVER machine** is the one listening for a connection (your desktop).  The **CLIENT machine** is the one initiating the connection (the machine you are executing the commands on).  I know, it sounds backwards but, it is actually correct if you understand the X11 connection.
  
-2) Tell your X11 Server Linux box to accept X11 connections from the Client machines with the xhost command. You can add the the command to .bashrc or .profile:+1) Tell your X11 Server Linux box to accept X11 connections from the Client machines with the xhost command. You can add the the command to .bashrc or .profile:
    EXAMPLE: xhost +192.168.1.36    EXAMPLE: xhost +192.168.1.36
  
-3) Start the connection from the **client** (the remote) machine to the **server** (your desktop) machine:+2) Start the connection from the **client** (the remote) machine to the **server** (your desktop) machine:
 Connect to the remote machine via ssh/telnet/rlogin/whatever and run: Connect to the remote machine via ssh/telnet/rlogin/whatever and run:
  

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