On 2006-03-28 12:28:20 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > When I run nmap localhost I see the following two lines at the end of > the listing: > > 6000/tcp open X11 > 6001/tcp open X11:1 > > The other lines all make sense to me, but why are these there? I do > have two X sessions running, so that, I assume, explains why there are > two lines and not just one, but my question is "Why are there any such > lines?" I do not run xdm, gdm, kdm, or any other display manager. I > boot to a console session and use startx to initiate X when I need it.
If you have two X sessions running, this is normal: X11 is a socket-based client-server protocol (even locally). There are no relations with display managers. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
