[lug] X11 on RHEL configuration

[D. Frye]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:20:31AM -0600, Dave Pitts wrote:
} Hello all:
} 
} Well, I've got a new gig since May hacking on RH Enterprise Linux 
} systems. And I've a question
} concerning X11. I've been tring to export an X session from my laptop 
} (running FC5) to my system
} here at the office (running RHEL). A little digging has shown that port 
} 6000 is not up on the RHEL
} system. After googling and drawing a blank (or at least nothing usable), 
} I thought I'd ask the list.
} How do I get the port to come up? And X11 listening? As these are 
} internal systems, there are no
} firewall issues to deal with.
} 
} BTW: I can do this at home against my trusty old RH 7.3 (Ya it's old, 
} but it works) system.
} So, I know that the laptop is probably configured properly.
} 
} Thanks in advance....
} 

Dave,

Mind you my system is running Debian, but I believe the security measuer
is similar. You probably have to disable the default security feature
and enable the TCP listener. I had to make the following change in my
'xserverrc' file:

#exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp
exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100

This *should* get you going.


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D. Frye
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