RE: XDMCP to Solaris Hangs on specific W2k systems, not all

[Patrick Jaromin <Patrick at JGSullivan dot com>]

Harold-

Yes. I've had no problems running XFree86 locally.
In addition, I've been able to run remote X apps on the
machines that don't do XDMCP via ssh and setting DISPLAY.

- Patrick

At 06:25 PM 2/9/2002 -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
>Patrick,
>
>One question for starters: can you start a local Cygwin/XFree86 session
>(without XDMCP) on the machines that will not connect with XDMCP?
>
>Harold
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Patrick Jaromin
> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 3:50 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: XDMCP to Solaris Hangs on specific W2k systems, not all
> >
> >
> > I'm posting this to the newsgroup after what I believe was an
> > exhaustive search
> > of the archives...my apologies if I've missed a previously posted
> > solution.
> >
> > I've got 3 W2k systems attempting to connect to a couple Solaris 8 boxes.
> > One system connected immediately, without any fuss using the basic:
> > XWin.exe -query <sun box> -from <w2k system>
> >
> > When I attempt this with the other two, the program hangs shortly after
> > displaying the black screen and hourglass cursor. Only right-click-close
> > or task manager will kill the app.
> >
> > After reading a few posts and the FAQ (on Sun's lack of 24-bit
> > color depth
> > support),
> > I noticed that the two that didn't work have video cards that
> > only support
> > 8, 16 and 24 bit color depth
> > -- while the working system supported and was set to 32 bit.
> >
> > Changing the other two systems to 16 or 8 bit didn't help....same hang.
> >
> > Replacing the video card on one with an NVidia with 32-bit support didn't
> > work either...same hang.
> >
> > I also attempted the -fp parameter even though it didn't appear to be a
> > font issue.
> >
> > The logs I'm familiar with (through previous postings) don't seem to
> > provide much information...and
> > look nearly identical in both the working and hanging case...with, of
> > course the major exception that
> > the log stops after the hang while the working system logs
> > additional info.
> >
> >
> > The XWin.log file looks like this: (with the -audit option)
> >
> > ddxProcessArgument () - Initializing default screens
> > winInitializeDefaultScreens () - w 1280 h 1024
> > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits
> > per pixel
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 996 1024
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Taskbar is auto hide
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Found TOP auto-hide taskbar
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Found LEFT auto-hide taskbar
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - FwinCloseScreenShadowDDNL () - Freeing
> > screen resources
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - Not changing video mode
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 5120
> > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> > BPRGB 8 d 32
> > winLayerCreate () - dwDepth 32
> > winRandRInit ()
> > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > winScreenInit () - returning
> > winCloseScreenShadowDDNL () - Freeing screen resources
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - Not changing video mode
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 5120
> > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> > BPRGB 8 d 32
> > winLayerCreate () - dwDepth 32
> > winRandRInit ()
> > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > winScreenInit () - returning
> > :22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3
> > connected from IP
> > 192.168.2.27 port 34622
> >    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3
> > connected from IP
> > 192.168.2.27 port 34623
> >    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3
> > connected from IP
> > 192.168.2.27 port 34624
> >    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3
> > connected from IP
> > 192.168.2.27 port 34625
> >    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3
> > connected from IP
> > 192.168.2.27 port 34626
> >    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected
> > AUDIT: Fri Feb  8 09:22:17 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3
> > connected from IP
> > 192.168.2.27 port 34627
> >    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58
> >
> >
> > and /var/dt/Xerrors looks the same (until the hang) for the
> > working machine
> > and the ones
> > that don't:
> >
> > X Error of failed request:  86
> >    Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> >    Serial number of failed request:  10
> >    Current serial number in output stream:  12
> > X Error of failed request:  86
> >    Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> >    Serial number of failed request:  10
> >    Current serial number in output stream:  12
> > X Error of failed request:  86
> >    Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> >    Serial number of failed request:  10
> >    Current serial number in output stream:  12
> > X Error of failed request:  86
> >    Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> >    Serial number of failed request:  10
> >    Current serial number in output stream:  12
> > X Error of failed request:  86
> >    Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> >    Serial number of failed request:  10
> >    Current serial number in output stream:  12
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there anything else I can try? Did I miss something or are there other
> > logs to check?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > - Patrick
> >
> >
> >

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