Looks like for 10.5 it is > defaults write org.x.X11 nolisten_tcp -boolean true
On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Satish Balay wrote: > Perhaps the relavent setting can be toggled with: > > defaults com.apple.x11 nolisten_tcp -boolean true > > http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2005/May/msg00073.html > > Satish > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Barry Smith wrote: > >> >> On my Mac >> >> bsmith-laptop:~/Src/petsc-dev] barrysmith% echo $DISPLAY >> /tmp/launch-r289TD/:0 >> >> I don't seem to have a problem with X when I change my IP address. >> I carry my >> laptop around open it and use X and it pretty much always works. >> >> Barry >> >> >> On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Satish Balay wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Boyana Norris wrote: >>> >>>> Apart from the idiot reasons, X11 tests can easily fail on an >>>> Apple laptop >>>> because the X server becomes unusable every time the IP changes, >>>> which is >>>> fairly frequently. I don't really use X a lot and thus do not >>>> restart the >>>> server every time I move the laptop, so these tests fail almost >>>> all the >>>> time >>>> (but I've learned to ignore those errors). >>> >>> Linux on laptops used to have this problem - but it doesn't exist >>> anymore. >>> >>> The reason is - x-server is now bound-to/listen-on a unix socket [: >>> 0] >>> - and not a tcp socket [localhost:0] - so hostname change doesn't >>> affect it. [from ps:] >>> >>> /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -nr -verbose -auth >>> /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-l9vnzI/database -nolisten tcp >>> >>> Not sure how this can be done on mac/windows.. >>> >>> Satish >> >