Re: [xfree] Re: Cygwin XFre86 -> Redhat XDM login

[Steven Whatley <swhatley at hal-pc dot org>]

Hi all,

I must not have been doing a 'kill -1' on the right process.  Rebooting
the RH server got the login screen coming up.  But now, it exits back to
the login screen when I try to login.  I am getting a 'Can't open display'
message in my RH account ~/.xsession-errors file.  I am now looking at the
recent XDMCP thread.  I am very close now.  There seems to be a xhost
command missing somewhere.

Thanks,
Steven

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Papa Fox wrote:
> Have you enabled XDMCP over internet?
> 
> Depending on whether you are running XDM, KDM or GDM, check
> 
> /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config   Comment out the appropriate line
> /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc    Set Enable=true for [Xdmcp]
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
> 
> You may also have to alter you firewall rules to allow UDP packets to port
> 177.
> 
> PapaFox
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Whatley" <swhatley@hal-pc.org>
> To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:20 PM
> Subject: Cygwin XFre86 -> Redhat XDM login
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been reading man pages, FAQs, and everything I can think of under
> > Cygwin, RedHat 7.1, and the XFree86 web site.  I have been trying to
> > figure this out off and on for months.  However, I can not figure out how
> > to run an XFree86 session under Cygwin on my WinXP Pro system to get a
> > login session on my RH 7.1 system.
> >
> > I have played with the files in /etc/X11/xdm on the RH system.  I played
> > with XWin, xinit, and startx with -queue <host> and -broadcast options
> > under cygwin.  All I get on the Cygwin side is no X11 window at all or a
> > blank checkered default pattern X11 window.  I do not seem to be getting
> > any error messages besides "Giving up."  I've been dealing with X11 for
> > over 10 yers.  But this XFree86 stuff is causing me to pull out my hair!
> >
> > BTW, XDM is running fine on the RH box and Gnome comes up just fine.  I
> > just don't keep a monitor attached to the system and the system is in
> > another room.  Any help to figure out what I am doing wrong will be really
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Steven :) -- trying to keep a happy face.
> >
> >
> 

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