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Re: xdm question
- From: Jeremy Wilkins <jeb at jeremywilkins dot freeserve dot co dot uk>
- To: Wout de Jong <hello at woutdejong dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 08:58:13 +0100
- Subject: Re: xdm question
- References: <AHEHJFKBAANMBBDCEBDGAEDGDDAA.hello@woutdejong.com>
try using
Xwin -query 10.0.0.2 -from <myIPAddress>
If you've got multiple interfaces this sometimes works better.
Jeremy
Wout de Jong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After reading xdm howto and setting things up according to manual, I tried to use
>
> xwin -query 10.0.0.2
>
> to contact my linux box. But only the xserver fired up, no login screen to be seen.
>
>
> When using xwinpro (with query switch) I got a login screen after a couple of seconds.
>
> Anybody an idea?
>
> TIA.
>
>