Mailing List Archive: xorg - how do I start it without the --no-listen mode?

xorg - how do I start it without the --no-listen mode?

Sep 24, 2004, 6:16 AM

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Hello,

I have to export my $DISPLAY from a solaris box that doesn't have ssh,
so I need to actually have my X server listening on port 9000 (rather
than using X11 forwarding)...

I had this working until I moved to xorg, and I think it was
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf where I turned it off before, but I can't find
it this time.

Sorry if this is an easy question, but I haven't had any luck finding
the answer anywhere else.

Thanks,

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Re: xorg - how do I start it without the --no-listen mode? [ In reply to ]

lists at halffull

Sep 24, 2004, 7:28 AM

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On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 09:16:56AM -0400, Andrew Elliott wrote:
> I had this working until I moved to xorg, and I think it was
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf where I turned it off before, but I can't find
> it this time.

Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and take out the -nolisten tcp.
Tom

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billy at gonoph

Sep 24, 2004, 7:43 AM

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Andrew Elliott wrote:

> I had this working until I moved to xorg, and I think it was
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf where I turned it off before, but I can't find
> it this time.

# <some grep command>
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx:defaultserverargs="-nolisten tcp -br"

the startx program looks for these files:

$HOME/.xserverrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc

if it finds those, then it overrides defaultserverargs

My guess is that xserverrc is a file that would be actually executed
such as $HOME/.xinitrc and /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.

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Sep 24, 2004, 7:50 AM

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On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 10:28:49AM -0400, Thomas Kirchner wrote:
> Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and take out the -nolisten tcp.

Meh - not sure where my head was. You probably don't use xdm.
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx is indeed the correct place.
Tom