[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.17.1-1 (TEST)

Jon TURNEY jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Wed Feb 18 14:23:00 GMT 2015


This is an intentional change.

 > NOTEWORTHY CHANGES IN 1.17
 > ==========================
 >
 > '-nolisten tcp' is now the default, so the server only accepts local
 > connections on a unix domain socket.  A '-listen' option has been
 > added which can be used to restore the previous behaviour.

On 18/02/2015 14:12, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>
> $ DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 ./libXbgi_helios_orbits.out

I think you will need to write DISPLAY=:0.0, or add the new '-listen 
tcp' X server option.

> But with this 1.7.1 release, I get always:
>
>    Cannot connect to X server
>
> even if the X server is running (the X icon on sys-tray, with all its
> items menu if one right clicks..)
>
> Reverting to 1.6 fixes the issue...

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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