Re: cygwin-xfree: xdmcp: "no valid address"

[Mark Plowman <m dot plowman at hexapole dot com>]

> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:47:36 +1000
> From: Rasjid <rasjidw@bigpond.com>
> 
> Mark Plowman wrote:
> > 
> <snip> 
> > B.T.W.  You mention "broadcast traffic":
> > 
> > When I do "XWin.exe -query <linux box> -from <Win95-box>" it fails
> > with "no valid address".
> > 
> > When I do "XWin.exe -broadcast -from <Win95-box>" it gives me an
> > X-Window, but I don't get a login dialog from the Linux Box.
> > 
> > I don't know if this is important.
> > 
> 
> Is the windows box in the /etc/hosts file of the linux box?  In my
> experience xdm needs to be able to do a name lookup on the machine that
> it is getting the xdmcp requrest from.

I am running BIND on the Linux box and everything seems to resolve OK.
Lookups and Reverse Lookups are quick and correct on both the Windows
and Linux boxes.

Thanks anyway.


> Rasjid.


Greetings

Mark