On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 12:37, Guy Fraser wrote: > William Hooper wrote: > > >Guy Fraser said: > > > > > >>Yes FC1 does use TCP ports for X11. > >> > >> > >No, it doesn't. Just one example of many: > >http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-November/msg04180.html > > > > > Again with the XDMCP session management access. > > RTFM about gdm.conf. > > You do not need to use kdm,gdm or xdm to run X. > > >>XDMCP does not use TCP by default, so you can't access a remote desktop > >>but the display is still listening. You use xhost to control access to > >>the display. > >> > >> > > > >No, you can't. It is not listening. > > > Selective editing can't save you. If you don't know what your talking > about, admit you don't and learn. If you have an Xserver running you > will have and open TCP port = 6000 + display_number. If you do not have > a port listening, then you are not running X, you may be running some > other graphical interface but it is not X. If I'm not mistaken, That port can actually be closed off. In my case, it's closed. Since Its a laptop and I'm not giving anyone access to my laptop. :) netstat -tap | grep 6000 should tell you whether or not you have X setup to access remote connections > > Before you rebut this you better do some serious reading. > > I have been using X for over a decade, and have yet to come accross > a version that will work without a tcp stack. If you can point me to > a document written by an XFree86 or Xorg that describes the > configuration of X with out a tcp stack, I will retract my statement. --
