Re: Not getting login using xdmcp

[Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria@Salira.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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