From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 22 5:40:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D19B37B401 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 05:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A4F43E6A for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 05:40:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7MCe7JU007053 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 05:40:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7MCe7eB007052; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 05:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 05:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200208221240.g7MCe7eB007052@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Eric Anderson Subject: Re: docs/41865: [PATCH] XFree86 section should document -nolisten tcp option in startx Reply-To: Eric Anderson Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/41865; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eric Anderson To: Marc Fonvieille Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/41865: [PATCH] XFree86 section should document -nolisten tcp option in startx Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 07:38:54 -0500 The FAQ seems like an appropriate place, and I agree with the "don't edit files installed by ports/packages" for the most part. It definitely needs to be documented somewhere, since there are posts on various groups asking the question, and rarely an answer. I'll try to whip up a FAQ piece for it. Eric Marc Fonvieille wrote: >>--- chapter.sgml Wed Aug 21 17:13:25 2002 >>+++ chapter.sgml-patch Wed Aug 21 17:24:43 2002 >>@@ -491,6 +491,17 @@ >> XFree86 4.X can also be started with >> &man.xdm.1;. >> >>+ In order for you to use remotely executed X-Windows programs >>+ such as an xterm, you will most likely >>+ need to change the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx X11 >>+ startup script and change the line: >>+ >>+ listen_tcp="-nolisten tcp" >>+ >>+ to: >>+ >>+ listen_tcp="" >>+ >> > > It's not a good thing to tell people to change files installed by > ports/packages, it will lead to problems during "desinstallation" and/or > upgrade. > > That option can be given to startx on the command line as documented in > startx(1). > > I don't think, it should be in the Handbook, but maybe in the FAQ, and > also something about using "ssh -X" too would be great :) > > Marc > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message