Quote:
Originally Posted by sacerdos_daemonis
a problem that affects non-internet functions, like startx?
|
It very much has to do with "internet functions" as the entire X system is based on a server-client model originally meant to be used over TCP/IP networks.
$ startx is just a long wrapper script that runs many (mostly unneeded) commands. Try running
$ xinit -- -nolisten tcp -tst instead of
$ startx. Most people shouldn't need anything else.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sacerdos_daemonis
Or does a router simply block some evil government mines in the water of the internet?
|
Unless it has an inbuilt firewall (which most consumer grade routers do), routers shouldn't be blocking anything. All they do is forwarding packets between networks, i.e. routing.
Most probably, the authentication process sends some signature packets that allow you to access the Internet and that would not normally be sent by an operating system otherwise.