Problem or question on Cygwin XWin

Duncan Roe duncan_roe@optusnet.com.au
Tue Jun 15 00:30:01 GMT 2021


On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 04:41:42PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
> There is a listen parameter on XWin, but the man page doesn't
> say what format to use for the listen parameter.
>
> I want to have it listen for tcp from a local net: 192.168.3.0.
>
> I started having problems with my cygwin X receiving
> network connections via TCP, locally (like 192.168.3.1 => 192.168.3.12).
>
> And was trying to figure out what the syntax was for specifying what
> net to have it listen on.
>
> Thanks!
>
At least under Linux, 'man Xserver' gives the format "-listen trans-type" with
example "-listen tcp". You can '-[no]listen' to tcp, inet (i.e.IP4), inet6,
unix or local.

Cheers ... Duncan.


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