Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:27:56 -0400 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to put `startx` serverargs Message-ID: <d7195cff0909141427s20de9fbcj73c740d068cbdc69@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <permail-2009091211322580e26a0b00005ff8-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> References: <permail-2009091211322580e26a0b00005ff8-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
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2009/9/12 Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de>: > hi there, > > since i don't use ipv6 X produces the following warning when starting up: > > _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 > _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/otaku:0 > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 > > so i'd to start X this way: `startx -- -nolisten inet6`. > > i looked through the man pages of startx and xinit but couldn't find where to > put the argument "-nolisten inet6" so `startx` picks it up automatically. > > currently i have this extra line in /usr/local/bin/startx: "serverargs = > -nolisten inet6" but that's just a hack because i couldn't find any > information on where to put the serverarg. > It seems to me that there should be a place in /etc/X11/xorg.conf However I cannot find it. I know it seems a bit clunky, but I would just put a short script in my $HOME/scripts (or wherever) rather than futzing with the actual startx script. -- --
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