[TriLUG] X server now doesn't listen for X clients

Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Wed Jul 15 17:57:08 EDT 2020


On Wed, 15 Jul 2020, Stephen P. Schaefer via TriLUG wrote:

> Most modern distributions turn off TCP support for X11 servers; you'll see a 
> flag on the X11 process like "--nolisten tcp".

I looked for that, and don't have it.

> It varies by distribution what the "correct" way is to remove that disability.

My distribution has gone one step further and made

"--nolisten tcp"

the default, so you have to turn on listen.

Joe

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