Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:45:38 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>, stable list <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updated to today's -stable and can no longer connect to the XFree86 server Message-ID: <20030219194538.GB76145@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <20030219193724.GI634@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20030218161705.GA4876@luke.immure.com> <20030219011808.GK50962@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030219033811.GA25426@luke.immure.com> <20030219152441.GG64649@techometer.net> <20030219153806.GA41721@luke.immure.com> <20030219193724.GI634@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:37:24AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:38:07AM -0600, Bob Willcox wrote: > > > Well, I don't use xdm. I always have (for many years now) started the > > X server using startx, and I do see that startx (which hasn't been > > changed on my system since last December) does explicitly specify > > "-nolisten tcp" if not told otherwise. The thing that is a mystery to me > > is that before upgrading to Feb 18's -stable my X server was allowing > > connections. I can't explain why it used to work! :-) > > The default was changed quite a while ago, so perhaps you just hadn't > upgraded X in a long time? That's the mystery. I last updated XFree86 on Dec 23rd, and yet I have rebooted and restarted X several times since then (with connections to the X server working). This happened just yesterday (after upgrading the system and rebooting. Bob > > Kris -- Bob Willcox We seem to have forgotten the simple truth that bob@vieo.com reason is never perfect. Only non-sense attains Austin, TX perfection. -- Poul Henningsen [1894-1967] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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