GDM, KDE2 & Port 1024+
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
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