Problem or question on Cygwin XWin

Problem or question on Cygwin XWin

[L A Walsh]

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!

Re: Problem or question on Cygwin XWin

[Duncan Roe]

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.

Re: Problem or question on Cygwin XWin

[L A Walsh]

On 2021/06/14 17:30, Duncan Roe wrote:
> 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.
>   
---
    Ah, suspected something similar. But I couldn't remember
the linux syntax off hand to narrow down addresses....but
since no incoming TCP connections are working on my Winbox rt. now,
its a bit moot.  Looks like I get to re-install-upgrade Win...what
fun!


    Thanks

Re: Problem or question on Cygwin XWin

[Mark Hansen]

On 6/14/2021 9:28 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> On 2021/06/14 17:30, Duncan Roe wrote:
>> 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.
>>   
> ---
>      Ah, suspected something similar. But I couldn't remember
> the linux syntax off hand to narrow down addresses....but
> since no incoming TCP connections are working on my Winbox rt. now,
> its a bit moot.  Looks like I get to re-install-upgrade Win...what
> fun!
> 
> 
>      Thanks
> 
> 

I found that in addition to adding "-listen tcp" to the XWin server, I had to
change the setting of "enable_xauth" to "0" in the /usr/bin/startxwin script.