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RE: Help on XDM with Solaris Host
- From: Harold L Hunt <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: jozsefke at freemail dot hu, cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 11:42:43 EST
- Subject: RE: Help on XDM with Solaris Host
Joco,
The question has been answered more specifically:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-solaris-fonts
Harold
jozsefke@freemail.hu said:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I have exactly the same problem, but the solution
> mentioned below I don't understand.
> What does it mean 'tcp/solaris_box:7100'?
> Is it a path, or what?
> Bo, please be more specific.
>
> Thanks,
> joco
>
>
> >Thanks to derk.steggewentz. The problem was solved.
> >I only need to point the font path to the font server which is
> >already running on my Solaris box.
> > XWin -query solaris_box -fp tcp/solaris_box:7100
> >Bo
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zhang, Bo
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:01 AM
> > To: 'cygwin-xfree@xfree86.cygwin.com'
> > Subject: Help on XDM with Solaris Host
> >
> >
> > I found in the Cygwin/Xfree86 FAQ there is a similar issue, which
> > was supposed to have been solved by installing the latest Solaris
> > patches.
> >
> > I did install all the recommended patches. And my XWin still can't
> > come up with XDMCP.
> >
> > I got the following error messages after XWin hang for a long time
> > and timed-out:
> >
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001b
> > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient w 1274 h 970 r 1274
> > l 0 b 970 t 0
> > winInitVisualsShadowDD () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8
d
> > 32
> > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > AUDIT: Wed Dec 12 16:50:25 2001: 255 XWin: client 1 rejected from IP
> > 172.16.33.210 port 33748
> > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> > XDM: too many keepalive retransmissions, declaring session dead
> >
> > Can anyone help me out?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bo
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zhang, Bo
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 6:37 PM
> > To: 'cygwin-xfree@xfree86.cygwin.com'
> > Subject: Help on XDM with Solaris Host
> >
> >
> > Hello, everyone,
> >
> > I have installed Cygwin/Xfree86 on my NT machine. XWin worked fine
> > as a standalone X-server. However, I couldn't get XDM to work with
> > my
> > Solaris 2.8. The root window is opened, but it hangs there. It
looks
> > like
> > some kind of infinite loop (CPU ustilization on my PC goes 100% for
> > a
> > very long time), but Alt-F4 still works.
> >
> > Has anyone experienced this before? Does anyone has solutions to
it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bo Zhang
>
>
>