On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:29:01 +0100, Johan Lindquist wrote:

>> This, I believe, is the crux of my problem: X11 is not listening
>> on port 6000 of my gentoo boxes. With other distibutions, this is
>> default bahavior, but apparently it's not default for X running on
>> gentoo. What do I need to do to get X11 listening on port 6000?
>
> Somewhere in a config file you will likely find a line contaning
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp
>
> If you're using gdm, it will be in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf.
>
> Removing the "-nolisten tcp" part might do the trick.

correct, Gentoo has changed the default behavior.
by default, X will not listen on TCP sockets. the obvious reason is
security.
many users may never use the feature and many users probably dont even
know that you COULD do that
so why enable this feature ?
and if you want it, read the message as PiotrAF suggested and change it
yourself.
-mike