Richard wrote:
I can't help with the first problem.
> The second thing that happens is when I try to
> set up a firewall using iptables so that local
> messages even from 127.0.0.1 are not accepted.
> I did this in LFS-6.2 without any apparent
> problems, and in fact one of the HOWTO's
> suggests that you do this. However when I
> block local messages I get the following when
> I type startx:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> [ 3886.542624] FIREWALL:INPUT IN=lo OUT=
> MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1
> DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=53 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=47598 DF PROTO=UDP
> SPT=34531 DPT=53 LEN=33
> This occurs before X actually starts, and I keep getting these
> messages until I type Ctrl-C. At that point Xorg seems to start
> up normally. Is there any way I can avoid this (other than
> allowing local messages to get through the firewall)?
>
> Thanks for any insight,
Try disabling xdmcp with
startx -- -nolisten tcp
-- Bruce
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