[geeks] XFree4.1 on linux and remote clients

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 12:49:55AM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> Does one have to do anything other than xhost + remote_client_ip to make it
> work normally?  My /etc/hosts.deny file is empty, I do:
> xhost + 192.168.0.55
> and still the fortec++ installer can't open the remote display.  If I telnet
> to an old redhat box I have here and set it's display env var, it also
> complains about not being able to connect.
> 
> What gives?  On one freebsd list, they menthined that xfree required a 
> -listen_tcp flag, but X and startx don't recognize such a flag.

Resolved.  There is no listen_tcp flag, but I noticed that a nolisten flag
existed, so tracing through the startup scripts showed that it was being
used.

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Joshua D. Boyd