OK, I'm really confused now. Yes, I do see a graphical login screen, and
I'm logging into the KDE desktop.
However, I did a "ps -A | grep kdm" and didn't get any tasks. (My Unix
command knowledge is about 10 years ago rusty).
I ran it on the Linux machine, and tried again, but no different result.
kdm does now show up as a task, though.
This is getting really frustrating, because now I can't even log in via VNC
reliably, as the server keeps mysteriously quitting (crashing?) on my
Mandrake box. Geez, I'd like to have an alternative server on my network,
but XP is looking pretty good right now!
Thanks again, but I guess my problem isn't obvious enough. With all the
init-type files squirrled away in a half-dozen different directories, I
really don't see how you Linux folks can figure anything out! :-)
-Curt
From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 15:08:38 -0500
Subject: RE: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP
I don't know that Port=177 and Willing=[anything] are necessary. But then,
I do not know much about that.
What I do know is that you have to restart kdm in order for those changes
to
take effect. The easiest way to do that, short of restarting your machine,
is to drop to run level 3, then go back to run level 5.
You do that by running:
init 3
[wait about a minute]
init 5
One side question: you DO see a graphical login screen when you sit down at
your linux machine, right? If not, you aren't running kdm so XDMCP
connections are not being accepted simply because you are not running a
program that accepts them.
Harold
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Curt Lindner
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:18 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP
Harold, I did set "Enable=True" in the kdmrc file.
Per the XDMCP-HOWTO, I also set Port=177, and I note now that the Willing=
keword is blank.
Was I not supposed to set Port=177? Should I set "Willing=" to some other
value?
Thanks for the response.
-Curt
From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:05:57 -0500
Subject: RE: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Curt,
You may have read a lot of FAQs, but did you read:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-mandrake-8.1-xdm
cp?
That should help you out. Please email the mailing list if that solves
your problem.
Harold
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Curt Lindner
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 9:10 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP
I'm a complete Linux/Cygwin/Xfree newbie, so please go easy on me!
I've been banging my head the last few evenings to try and set up Xfree on
my XP machine to allow me to have remote sessions on a PC I have running
Mandrake 9.0. I have read everything I can find on the newsgroups and on
the cygwin websites, and the how-to's and mini-how-to's on the LDP site.
I've set all the settings I can find to set in Xaccess, xdm-config, kdmrc,
etc., etc. I cannot solve this problem.
I can start Xfree86 on my XP box using the batch file provided with the
standard installation. I can telnet into the Mandrake box. I can use
"xhosts +", then export the DISPLAY to my XP machine, and successfully
open
an xterm/emacs/etc session on the XP machine. I can also run VNC just
fine both ways (XP to Mandrake & Mandrake to XP). I can also use Terminal
Services from Mandrake to XP.
So, why can't I get a login screen when I edit the batch file to start
XWin
using "-query mandrake-ip, -from xp-ip" ??
I always thought I knew my way around an operating system, I know how to
set
up router filters, but man, this has really humbled me!! :-) I'm amazed
that you folks can keep this stuff straight!
Thanks in advance for any pointers that might be provided. I really don't
want to use VNC, as it's not as refined as the X windows option. I'm sure
you folks agree!
-Curt