remote X on 5.1-RELEASE

[Terry Todd]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 07:00:23AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # tlt at badger.tltodd.com / 2003-06-29 08:07:45 -0500:
> > How do you get remote X to work with 5.1-RELEASE?
> > 
> > Here is an attempt with some fields blanked out.
> > 
> > $ xhost +
> > access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> > $ telnet ______
> > Trying ___.___.__.___...
> > ....
> > ....
> > tlt at ______> xterm
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: ______.______.___:0.0
> > tlt at ______> 
> > 
> > The errno man page says errno 61 is connection refused.  There is no
> > firewall or anything on the laptop running 5.1-RELEASE on a local subnet.
> > It is a fairly generic install except I had to recompile with OLDCARD.
> 
>     is the X server actually listening to remote connections? see
>     startx(1).
> 

Yes, this is the answer.  startx must now be run with the -listen_tcp option
in order for remote X to work.

Thanks,
Terry Todd