I noticed the following phenomenon when using the KDE2 binaries on a otherwise usual potato systen and GDM:
When I log in the first time after booting up, KDE (?) seems to open port 1024. If I close the session and log in again, the port is closed. So far so weird, but it gets even better: If, at the first login I don't check for open ports (using "nmap localhost"), log off and on again, suddenly port 1025 is open. If I do the same again without checking, it's port 1026. Again, a simple portscan and logging on again closes these ports. (BTW: I set up GDM so that it does not listen for XDCMP) Notably, the usual KDE log-off prodcedure (screen darkening) seems to run significantly slower when I close the session in which I checked for open ports, it runs smoothly when I don't. Can anyone hint me to where the problem is? I currently feel a bit like using Schroedinger's Desktop Environment... cya, Volker -- I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. -- Aristotle