iptables stopping startx
 

I trying to start the gui using startx. I have iptables running which seems to stop it from starting. Do I need to open some ports in the firewall so startx will work. I am running Redhat 9.0.

Thanks,
JD

You have to allow your computer to communicate with itself. Rules that look something like these at the beginning of the input and output chains might help:

iptables -A INPUT --protocol all --in-interface lo --source 127.0.0.1 --destination 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT

iptables -A OUTPUT --protocol all --out-interface lo --source 127.0.0.1 --destination 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT

Lyle

Thanks
 

That worked like a charm. I figured it was something simple but nothing I tried seemed to work.

Thanks!