Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:50:47 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: chris@masto.com Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, jmz@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-4 Makefile ports/x11/XFree86-4/files patch-startx Message-ID: <200110281650.f9SGoma53558@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <20011028111811.A54929@masto.com>
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On 28 Oct, Christopher Masto wrote: >> >> Log: >> >> Patch startx so that X is started with the "-nolisten tcp" by >> >> default and add a "-listen_tcp" option to run X in non-secure >> >> mode. [...] > DISPLAY=localhost:0 is occasionally a convenient hack to work around > the myriad of broken programs/drivers that cause problems when trying > to use SHM, DGA, XVideo, etc. and don't have an option to disable > them. > > Not that it has much to do with this change. Well, localhost:0 means the client will contact the server _over tcp_, and now the server will not be accepting such connections by default. I that's plenty to do with this change... -- |\__-----__/| _____/ ::::: :::\_____ '__--( ::::::::..::)--__` -mi If you have a / _- \/ :::::::\/ -_ serious knowledge / / :. .::::\ \ about computers -- | ::::::::::::| Ok, let's say you broke keep it in a secret! _|/ ::::____::\|_ the wall with your head "Rules of dating", / /:::::/:_::\::\:.\ What are you going to 'Playboy', ? 1994 | :| ..:(_/ \::|::|::| do in the next cell? | :|:::::. ::|: |::|.:| Stanislaw J. Lec \ |:: :::_/::/: :|:/ ((___\____\____/___/___)) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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