Slightly <OT> Java using ipv6

[Les]

      * On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 16:57 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 09:12 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 21:08 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > > Sorry for the noise, but I'm not getting releif anywhere else. I get
> > > this java error when trying to use xvbf
> > > 
> > > XRemote Window is enabled
> > > _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
> > > _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/iam.wayward4now.net:2
> > > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
> > > atomWmTransientFor = 68
> > > 
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > Could not initialize remote window server
> > > 
> > > I remember being advised on how to turn inet6 off for good, but now I
> > > need it back on. <grins> Any Java Guru out there have a clue?? Ric
> > ----
> > please clarify if I misunderstand you because it looks like the other
> > way around...
> > 
> > that ipv6 is turned off on Fedora but your java software wants it on.
> > 
> > While I would think that the above is just a 'NOTICE' type error and not
> > at all important, if you want to turn ipv6 on, it's likely that all you
> > need to do is...
> > 
> > # cat /etc/sysconfig/network
> > NETWORKING=yes
> > NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
> > HOSTNAME=cube
> > 
> > but it's possible to disable ipv6 via older methods - i.e.
> > in /etc/modprobe.conf
> > 
> > watch for 'net-pf-10' entries because an 'off' there would also have
> > shut it off.
> > 
> > restart network daemon...good to go
> 
> Craig, if you were a bald man, I'd kiss the top of your head. You be da
> Man! Worked like a charm. I think setting NETWORKING_IPV6=yes did the
> trick. Not 100% sure, but it wasn't there to start with, so I added it
> and I no longer get the error. I'm still not running X11 apps within
> Wonderland, as it connects, gets approval then dies. 
> I see this:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> + .//Xvfb :3 -screen 0 1600x1200x24 -remwin +extension Composite
> -fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/URW,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/share/X11/fonts/truetype,/usr/share/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled,/opt/kde3/share/fonts,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType -co /usr/share/X11/rgb
> XRemote Window is enabled
> atomWmTransientFor = 68
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Could not initialize remote window server
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm wondering about that screen size, that is my entire desktop size,
> but maybe that is referring to my entire desktop?? It didn't say a
> helluva lot there. I'll examine the script for a debug option to turn
> on. Thanks again!!!! Ric

If you are doing this from a terminal window, try setting Xhosts + and
trying it again.

Regards,
Les H