Bug 19298

Summary:	gdm-x-session dont assign arg -listen tcp to Xorg when invoked with DisallowTCP=false in custom.conf
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	michel tyteca <michel.tyteca>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	GNOME maintainers <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	luigiwalser, marja11, michel.tyteca, olav
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description michel tyteca 2016-09-06 19:42:29 CEST

I have set "DisallowTCP=false" in /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf.
but Xorg is started without argument -listen by gdm-x-session

But I know that the flag -listen tcp is needed for the recent Xorg to
accept tcp connections.

GDM 3.20 has been patched to run correctly, but not with mageia 6 last weeks.

Regards

michel tyteca 2016-09-06 19:43:23 CEST

CC: (none) => michel.tyteca

Marja Van Waes 2016-09-06 20:58:13 CEST

CC: (none) => marja11
Component: Security => RPM Packages
Assignee: bugsquad => gnome

David Walser 2016-09-06 21:35:06 CEST

CC: (none) => luigiwalser
QA Contact: security => (none)

Comment 1 Olav Vitters 2016-09-06 22:18:25 CEST

Per gdm 3.19.2

 - Use -listen instead of -nolisten for new Xorg

CC: (none) => olav

Comment 2 michel tyteca 2016-09-07 14:34:40 CEST

So, when Xorg is invoked by gdm, what is the manner to start this X server with flag '-listen tcp' ?

Thanks

Comment 3 Olav Vitters 2016-09-07 18:40:07 CEST

This is just for Cauldron, correct? It seems that during the build of GDM it checks the Xorg version to figure out what to do. I've added the build dependency for Xorg and submitted a new gdm (release 6). Could you try that version and tell me if it is better?

Comment 4 michel tyteca 2016-09-08 11:12:19 CEST

Olav,

OK i tried the new version (3.20.1-6) and the patch is OK.

The flag '-listen tcp' is present to start Xorg and after an 'xhost +'
i draw on the display from the network.

Thanks

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED