* lynn.newton@cox.net (lynn.newton@cox.net) wrote: > o I created it by hand, with telnet enabled. > > o Stopped and started xinitd. Now I find: > > - telnet localhost gives me Connection refused > - telnet somewhere.onthe.net works > > Any guesses why? /etc/hosts.[allow deny] not conifgured for localhost access? /etc/xinetd.conf file allows connections from none? hth Gontran