On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 22:28 -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote: > Stuart Jansen wrote: > > None the less, I've seen problems > > with hostname resolution that broke X apps. Arguably, in several cases > > the app should've been using Unix domain sockets instead of Internet > > sockets, but the fact remains. > > Yep. I noticed a few years ago that if my network connection was down, > it took forever to open windows. Once I guessed that DNS might be > involved, mapping my host name to 127.0.0.1 was a simple workaround. > I'd love to discover a better fix.
The X option is "-nolisten tcp". How you get that option applied depends a bit on how you start X. For GDM the option is DisallowTCP in gdm.conf. For KDM add the line to kdm/Xservers. If you use plain ole startx I think you'd just tag it on following a "--", but don't quote me on that. Corey
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