Re: xdm and listen=tcp

From: Daniel Braniss <danny_at_cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 15:21:01 UTC

> On 23 May 2023, at 18:03, Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> wrote:
> 
> Daniel Braniss wrote:
>> hi,
>> the short version:
>> 	i start the X11 via the following line in /etc/ttys:
>> 		ttyv8	“/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon” xterm on secure
>> 
>> this worked great since forever, but now(*) the default of Xorg is not to accept tcp connection,
>> is there a simple way to fix this, apart of recompiling Xorg and somehow changing the default behavior?
>> 
>> *: now probably is a few years, since i have not uograded my WS for a while - why change if it’s working,
>>   but mow it just went belly up :-(
> 
> You probably want /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers.
> 

i tried 
	;0 local /usr/local/bin/X :0 -listen=tcp
but maybe it should be:
	:0 local /usr/local/bin/X -listen=tcp :0

nay other hints?

thanks,
	danny