Why am I unable to display remote X applications through telnet in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?

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Issue

  • Why am I unable to display remote X applications through telnet in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?

Release

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Resolution

By default, Gnome Display Manager (GDM) is configured to disallow TCP connections. This disables telnet clients from displaying X applications remotely, due to X not listening for an...

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