After installing OpenSuse 11.1, I wanted to configure my favorite handcrafted WoW login theme,
darkportal. The problem was I couldn't preview it without logging off. No problem - I just need to fire up Xephyr and check. So I enabled XDMCP thru the
/etc/sysconfig editor, and ran:
xephyr -query localhost -screen 1280x1024 :1
Got a blank screen for my efforts. Grrrr... I ran:
netstat -aunp | grep ":177"
only to figure that
kdm was listening at port 177 over IPv6!
Recalling an old KDE bug, I edited
/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess to read:
LISTEN 0.0.0.0
and restarted
kdm. That did the trick - phew!
