Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 07:07:36 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> To: Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Tommy Johnson <tjohnson@bobdbob.com>, freebsd-hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to add -listen tcp to Xorg Message-ID: <20240304080736.6fc1ee43@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <4138795E-DBCA-416F-935D-786EC594796A@cs.huji.ac.il> References: <543CC273-7A51-4C12-981B-493CA69BE5FE@cs.huji.ac.il> <20240303181000.52322886@ernst.home> <EDB87342-EC3A-48C6-9CFD-D620E98C04D5@cs.huji.ac.il> <20240303190551.7ad01ac6@ernst.home> <20240303132827.72fca2af6bce173d81794f32@bobdbob.com> <20240303200852.3d6e4ea6@ernst.home> <20240304033846.B9425139@slippy.cwsent.com> <4138795E-DBCA-416F-935D-786EC594796A@cs.huji.ac.il>
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On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 07:53:55 +0200 Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > thanks to all of you! > > adding -listen tcp to /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers did it, and both w= orked > :0 local /usr/local/bin/X -terminate -listen tcp :0 > or > :0 local /usr/local/bin/X -terminate :0 -listen tcp > > btw, LISTEN in xdm is another thing, it?s about listening for XDMCP requ= ests. > we used it way back in the days of the VAX and Xterminals - i'm giving = away the fact that > i'm an old fart :-) > thanks again, > danny I'm an old fart too :) But we used serial terminals to talk to the VAX when I was doing UNIX development in Berkeley and Munich for UniSoft (now long dead - RIP) from 1984 to 1989. Xterminals were used at one of the german companies I worked at in Munich. I also had a few at home. They were useful, but it's much more convenient to have the Xserver runniing on a GPU IMHO. =2D- Gary Jennejohn
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