Re: xdm and listen=tcp
- In reply to: Yuri : "Re: xdm and listen=tcp"
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 04:08:30 UTC
> On 23 May 2023, at 18:23, Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> wrote: > > Daniel Braniss wrote: >> >> >>> On 23 May 2023, at 18:03, Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> wrote: >>> >>> Daniel Braniss wrote: >>>> hi, >>>> the short version: >>>> i start the X11 via the following line in /etc/ttys: >>>> ttyv8 “/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon” xterm on secure >>>> >>>> this worked great since forever, but now(*) the default of Xorg is not to accept tcp connection, >>>> is there a simple way to fix this, apart of recompiling Xorg and somehow changing the default behavior? >>>> >>>> *: now probably is a few years, since i have not uograded my WS for a while - why change if it’s working, >>>> but mow it just went belly up :-( >>> >>> You probably want /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. >>> >> >> i tried >> ;0 local /usr/local/bin/X :0 -listen=tcp >> but maybe it should be: >> :0 local /usr/local/bin/X -listen=tcp :0 > > It's '-listen tcp' actually (just checked that it works) :-) sorry I > didn't mention there's unneded '=' in your first post. > > :0 local /usr/local/bin/X -listen tcp :0 > bingo, that did it! maybe it should be added to the X11 section of the doc? thanks, danny