Re: Not getting login using xdmcp

[Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria at Salira dot com>]

Harold L Hunt II wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> Did you see my email about the Internet Connection Firewall?  Check 
> out this email:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-12/msg00318.html
>
> Let me know if any of those things applies.

Hmmm... Didn't see my reply show up. I'm not using ICF. Both machines 
are on the same subnet. I can start X with xwin -noreset then do xhost 
+. Then I can ssh into the Linux box and set DISPLAY to adefaria:0.0 and 
start X clients like xclock and konqueror, etc with no problems.

> Harold
>
> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>
> > Now that Christmas is over I'd like to address this problem again. 
> > Let's recap.
> >
> > I have a SuSE 8.2 installation. I am attempting to use Cygwin/XFree86 
> > to start an X session using XDMCP. XDMCP is not on by default so I 
> > have performed the following changes:
> >
> >    * Enabled XDMCP in /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc by setting
> >      "Enable=true" for the [Xdmcp] section.
> >    * Modified /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config to comment out
> >      DisplayManager.requestPort by putting a "!" in the first character.
> >    * Uncommented the "*" line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and
> >      /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/Xaccess. Note there are two different
> >      lines in each file. The difference seems to be one is of the form
> >      of "* CHOOSER BROADCAST" and just the plain "*". I've tried all
> >      combinations to no avail.
> >    * I have only one NIC.
> >    * I've tried xwin -query sonslinux -from adefaria, same problem.
> >    * Sonslinux sits right next to me and I can login using KDE just
> >      fine on the console - I just can't get a remote X session from my
> >      XP box to put up a chooser.
> >    * XWin.log always seems to indicate "XDM: too many retransmissions"
> >      as the problem (Sample XWin.log attached). Note that XDM: too many
> >      retransmissions only shows up after waiting for a while.
> >    * Nothing listed in /var/log/messages nor /var/log/kdm.log on 
> > sonslinux.
> >
> > In all cases, after making a configuration change I restart kdm.
> >
> > Help!
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> > winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1600 h 1200
> > winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> > OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0
> > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> > (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
> > InitOutput - Error reading config file
> > winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
> > winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> > InitOutput - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
> > winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits 
> > per pixel
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - User w: 1600 h: 1200
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Current w: 1600 h: 1200
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 1126 1600
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 1126 1600
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1594 h 1095 r 1594 l 
> > 0 b 1095 t 0
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed -  Returning
> > winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Creating primary surface
> > winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Created primary surface
> > winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Attached clipper to primary surface
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 6376
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow pitch: 6376
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow stride: 1594
> > winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 
> > 24 bpp 32
> > winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > winFinishScreenInitFB - returning
> > winScreenInit - returning
> > InitOutput - Returning.
> > MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
> > XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to 
> > lack of shared memory support in the kernel
> > (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
> > (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) (EE) No 
> > primary keyboard configured
> > (==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard
> > Rules = "xfree86" Model = "pc101" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" 
> > Options = "(null)"
> > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, 
> > removing from list!
> > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, 
> > removing from list!
> > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, 
> > removing from list!
> > winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 797 547
> > winBlockHandler - Releasing pmServerStarted
> > winBlockHandler - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned
> > winDeinitClipboard - Noting shutdown in progress
> > winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> > winDeinitClipboard - Noting shutdown in progress
> > winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress

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