What is causing this problem with :0?

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

> > But, on my Fedora machine, it shows:
> > 
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
> > 
> > I *do* want it to listen, I guess. So, what controls this and how do I fix 
> > it to look like the command at top?
> > 
> > Thank you for any help!
> 
> Look at /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on line 152 onwards. You need to modify
> the default setting DisallowTCP=true to false.
> You can set that in the login screen tool from the system settings too.

Hello Alexander,

It works! Now I understand what the other messages about this issue mean. 
Thank you very much!

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