> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 09:01:11PM +0100, Debian User wrote: > > Hi folks! > > > > Last week I tried to get a debian-derived CD-booting linux online. > > (It's called "knoppix". It seems to derive from woody, but has a pretty > > good hw-detection (sound, gfx, mouse, ... in less than 30s on a PIII 400). > > Bringing the system online was the easy part (wvdial-conf worked great). > > I saved the config-files and a little init-script to the local hd, so that > > it boots only from CD and installes nothing to a hd (I just need a floppy). > > But here comes the prob: > > I did this that i can play spellcast against my brother. I intended to use > > spellcast.vulpyne.net for this. But spellcast.vulpyne.net always complaints > > about "noX". > > xhost +spellcast.vulpyne.net or even xhost + did not solve this problem. > > Since I have XFree 3.3.6 my knowledge in XFree 4 is _very_ poor. > > I don't know much about spellcast, but my guess would be that you have > "-nolisten tcp" in your /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc (or wherever X is > being started in your "derived" distro). Remove that, and see if it > works then... (don't forget to restart X).
Uh what a f***! Knoppix shuts down if the X-Server quits! And since Knoppix is CD-Only, that would be impossible to change (without burning a new CD). > > Also, if this box is more than a simple playstation, I guess (or hope) > you are aware of security-related issues with "xhost +", are you? I am aware of the window I open with "xhost +" . But fortunatly, it is a simple play station. And it is even physically write-protected (except a ramdisk. har har har). So there shouldn t be a security-problem. Andreas > > HTH > > -- > Erdmut Pfeifer > science+computing ag > www.science-computing.de > > -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
