>>>>> "Craig" == Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 282 ? S 0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt --port 7100 --daemon --user nobody >> >> Does xfstt, see above count ? Craig> It ought to. Craig> Try this. As root, run "netstat -anp --tcp" and verify that Craig> something is actually listening on port 7100, and that that Craig> something has the process name "xfstt". Well, duh, that's a good idea. Did it and it is listening on port 7100. Craig> If that looks okay, then read up on xfstt and check its Craig> configuration. I don't use it, so I can't help you with Craig> that. Well I glanced briefly and things look OK. I'll experiment a little. Craig> Also, if you have any kind of firewall operating on your Craig> machine, verify that connections to port 7100 are allowed. (I Craig> have an external firewall, so I don't know much about how Craig> iptables or ipchains work. I assume it's possible to prevent Craig> your own machine from connecting to itself. At this point, by Craig> the way, I'm offering you wild guesses.) Well that's also a good idea. I killed the firewall completely and tried again. Still hangs. Curiouser and curiouser Of course, if I don't need a font server anyway, I guess the best plan is to really dump xfstt and comment out the :7100 line, and just run away from the problem. Seems like I'm the only person suffering from this. Thanks for your help. Brian
