Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:34:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/41865: [PATCH] XFree86 section should document -nolisten tcp option in startx Message-ID: <200208212234.g7LMYcE9032288@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 41865 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] XFree86 section should document -nolisten tcp option in startx >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 21 15:40:06 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eric Anderson >Release: 4.6.2-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD host.domain.com 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE #1: Mon Aug 19 14:15:34 CDT 2002 root@host.domain.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NEW i386 >Description: When installing (or upgrading) FreeBSD 4.6 or greater (versions with XFree86 4.x), the startx program has a line "-nolisten tcp" which causes things like opening X apps remotely and displaying them on your local X server to not work. I couldn't find any docs on this, so please point it out if I just missed it. >How-To-Repeat: Install/upgrade to 4.6(.2) with XFree86 installed. Run startx to start your X server. Log in to a remote machine, and try to run xcalc (or any X program) and have it display on your local machine. >Fix: Either comment out the 'listen_tcp="-nolisten tcp"' line in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx, or remove the -nolisten tcp. Here's a quick paragraph for the handbook to cover this. I'm not sure if this is the exact page to put it on, but it might be ok. --- chapter.sgml Wed Aug 21 17:13:25 2002 +++ chapter.sgml-patch Wed Aug 21 17:24:43 2002 @@ -491,6 +491,17 @@ <application>XFree86 4.X</application> can also be started with &man.xdm.1;.</para> + <para>In order for you to use remotely executed X-Windows programs + such as an <application>xterm</application>, you will most likely + need to change the <filename>/usr/X11R6/bin/startx</filename> X11 + startup script and change the line:</para> + + <programlisting>listen_tcp="-nolisten tcp"</programlisting> + + <para>to:</para> + + <programlisting>listen_tcp=""</programlisting> + </sect2> <sect2> >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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