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Re: XDM-Trouble
- From: Nikolai Lusan <nikolai at humbug dot org dot au>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:49:48 +1000 (EST)
- Subject: Re: XDM-Trouble
- References: <3E9E72A6.1050003@siemens.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Andreas Erb wrote:
> I have an ugly problem with XFree86 and xdm.
> xdm is activated on my linux-system. The xdm-logon works with the
> StarNet's X-win32. But with XFree86 it doesn't.
> When looking at the open TCP ports, XFree86 isn't even attempting to
> connect to the remote host.
> The bug must lie within my laptop setup. Unfortunately I can't find any
> hint, how I could find the problem.
> Do you have any idea what the problem may be or how I could gether the
> right information?
I noticed this problem when i first started playing with cygwin XFree86,
I found that adding the -from my.ip option fixed it. If you look at the
logs you should see that xdm cannot resolve the address 0.0.0.0
Nikolai