Re: [techtalk] X, port 6000 and how to stop it all.

2000-09-28 Thread eito
Hi, I am not sure about gdm, but for xdm, there is a file called Xservers in like /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm, /etc, or /etc/X11. This file tell how the xdm should excute X servers for displays. In the file, there should be a line like: (':0' is for first local display) :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0

Re: [techtalk] X port

2000-06-26 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 05:53:51PM +0200, Nils Philippsen wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > > Typically, X connects on ports 6000, 6001, 6002, ... (where the number > > increments for each connection). The fun thing here is that you can't > > completely block off these port

Re: [techtalk] X port

2000-06-25 Thread Nils Philippsen
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 09:23:01AM +1000, Jenn V. wrote: > > Adrian Glover wrote: > > > > > > What ports does X-Windows use to transmit over TCP/IP ? > > > > > > Does anyone know how to configure this to work on the > > > (http://edge.fireplug.ne

Re: [techtalk] X port

2000-06-22 Thread Stephanie Alarcon
here's a neat X trick a smart person recently taught me for borrowing an x session from somewhere else and putting it on a second display on your own machine: setenv DISPLAY :1 for csh,tcsh,zcsh or export DISPLAY=:1 for bash/ksh then X -query machine.you're.borrowing.from :1 then as someone ment

Re: [techtalk] X port

2000-06-22 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 09:23:01AM +1000, Jenn V. wrote: > Adrian Glover wrote: > > > > What ports does X-Windows use to transmit over TCP/IP ? > > > > Does anyone know how to configure this to work on the > > (http://edge.fireplug.net/) Fireplug edge firewall? > > Do you mean 'to transmit an X

Re: [techtalk] X port

2000-06-22 Thread Adrian Glover
I want to bring up X-Windows windows from my Linux box at home from the various workstations at work. I can't install SSH clients here, so I have to use telnet, and exceed (an X-Server for windows). I've been told port 6000 is the key... "Jenn V." wrote: > > Do you mean 'to transmit an X-Window

Re: [techtalk] X port

2000-06-22 Thread Jenn V.
Adrian Glover wrote: > > What ports does X-Windows use to transmit over TCP/IP ? > > Does anyone know how to configure this to work on the > (http://edge.fireplug.net/) Fireplug edge firewall? Do you mean 'to transmit an X-Windows session over TCP/IP'? Not sure. Be aware that it can be made t