Bob, You are on to something. My ps -ef does show that nolisten was passed to the command stream. Now, the question is, where do I go to modify this behavior? Thanks, Bob >> Everyone, >> I am running fedora core 5 and enjoy it so far, but need some troubleshooting advice. >> I have set xhost + on the system, but the remote client still cannot open the display to >> my system. Which log file is logging the connection attempt and failure? >> Any suggestions? >> Bob >I there is a "-nolisten" option to the X server which tells it not to >listen on port 6000. I this is the problem in your case you should see >it in the process table (ps -ef). When nolisten is on, only local processes >can connect to the display. >I believe the -nolisten is passed to the startx command when your system >boots, but I do not remember. I remember taking the nolisten out, but I do >not remember from where. >Bob Styma -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list