Re: [TCLUG:19205] X Problem...

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

mjn wrote:
> 
> > well, you may have not excluded localhost from the blocking rules.  You
> > should try running `telnet localhost 6000' when you have an X server
> > running -- if it connects, the port is open, and you should look
> > elsewhere to fix the problem.
> 
> The default is to allow connects to the high ports(everything over
> 1020) so 5999:6003, like I set up in my rules, shouldn't be necessary.  i
> have since removed it.
> 
> I did `telnet 0 6000' from localhost and got this:
> 
> Trying 0.0.0.0...
> Connected to 0.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.

Hmm.. well, that's interesting..  However, you should have been trying
to connect to 127.0.0.1 (the local loopback IP address).  Incidentally,
I wonder what would happen if a person were to try to ping 0.0.0.0 (/me
shudders at what *could* happen..)

> I am assuming this is an indication that the port is open and
> listening.  `startx' still yeilds the same error.
> 
> Any other ideas on why X might be broken?

Did I say anything about xauth in my last message?  That may be the
culprit..

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