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Re: XDMCP Problem (must be connected to internet)
- From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:15:03 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: XDMCP Problem (must be connected to internet)
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Tim Kelly wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a Debian 3.0 box, and W2k box.
>
> I start an xwin session on my W2K box like so:
>
> xwin -query 192.168.0.2 (this is the address of the linux box).
>
> I find that I get my nice kde login window only while my W2K internet
> connection is active. Once I can see the KDE login screen I can saftly
> disconnect from the internet. Both my computers are on my LAN so I see no
> reason why I need to be on the internet. Can anybody explain?!
have you tried the -from localip parameter? Maybe this helps.
bye
ago
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