On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 12:02:59PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > I think it would be better to just put `-nolisten tcp' in > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc for new installations only. Then > > the system administrator could easily override it for all users; and > > at least a user can override it for herself. > > If he knew about it.
It's the old documentation trick. > Look at my last message to Terry: we're talking > about a package we don't control here. If somebody comes to FreeBSD > from another system and X doesn't work the way he expects, he'll blame > FreeBSD, not X. Well then we are sunk. I object to breaking currently working installations. I think it's OK to use better defaults for new installations. This is a hard issue for me to argue, because I consider this particular change to be of questionable value. > > Disclosure: I'm unhappy that after upgrading my laptop yesterday, I > > found I couldn't run `x2x', > > Because of this issue? > Right. > > and had to restart my X session to remedy the problem. > > At least you knew what the problem was. Well, I've been running X for 10+ years. I guess I know what to look for. Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.nectar.cc/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos [EMAIL PROTECTED] . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
