How to open a port?

[Daniel Carrera]

Florian Diesch wrote:
> What does
>  iptables -L
> say?

There are no iptable rules on either the server or my laptop. So it 
looks like I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'm trying to open a remote X 
connection and it isn't working, but it looks like the problem not with 
a closed port. :(

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