"xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:0"

[hruodr]

I get the above error, when I do xterm -display localhost:0.

I get similar error, when I try to open a remote xterm.

I start X11 with xinit as a normal user. And yes, I did before xhost +.

Why? Why?!

As I remember, it was never a problem to use X11 as a server.

 

[hruodr]

Someone changed the rules of the game, and I wasted a lot of time due to it.

In Xorg() manual page you still read:

Xorg listens on port 6000+n, where n is the display number. This
connection type can be disabled with the -nolisten option (see the
Xserver(1) man page for details).

This is not anymore true. You need -listen tcp in order that Xorg listen tcp connections.

The solution to my problem above is a file .xserverrc in the home directory containing a line exec Xorg -listen tcp.

Just xinit() manual pages.

 

[SirDice]

I'm not sure when exactly it happened but the default changed from default open to default closed. Most people don't require it and security-wise it makes sense to close the port by default.