Re: Cygwin XFre86 -> Redhat XDM login

["Papa Fox" <papafox888 at hotmail dot com>]

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.
>
>