RE: XDMCP starting problems on Win2k & RH 7.2

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Darryl,

If at all possible, as a diagnostic test you should connect only the two
computers in question together on a seperate test network, making sure to
set each machine up with a static IP address.  Then try to login via XDMCP
on the test network.  If XDMCP works fine on the test network, then you have
some sort of misconfiguration on your primary network (which is what I
suspect).

You still haven't told us the speed of the network between the machines.
Cable modems do not work as fast as 10Base-T, so XDMCP doesn't usually work
very well over a cable modem.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Darryl Wagoner
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 2:43 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: XDMCP starting problems on Win2k & RH 7.2
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Thanks to Harold I do see packets going to the server and being answered,
> but only once in awhile will I get a log in screen.  Any suggestions
> on how to debug this?
>
> thanks
>
> --
> Darryl Wagoner - WA1GON
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:25 PM
> > To: Darryl Wagoner; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: RE: XDMCP starting problems on Win2k & RH 7.2
> >
> >
> > Darryl,
> >
> > According to the Linux XMDCP HOWTO
> > (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/gdm.html), the port number is
> > 177, not 117.
> >
> > I don't know what else to tell you.  Try using kdm instead.
> >
> > Harold
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Darryl Wagoner
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:03 PM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: XDMCP starting problems on Win2k & RH 7.2
> > >
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I think I have followed all the directions, but all I get is a
> > > blank X screen with a pointer cursors.
> > >
> > > The request doesn't seem to be getting to the Linux system.
> > >
> > > I did a "tcpdump port 117" and I don't see any packets at all going
> > > to Linux.
> > >
> > > In the docs it says to change gdm.conf
> > >
> > > [xdmcp]
> > > Enable=1
> > >
> > > but all the other options have the Boolean true so I followed suit.
> > >
> > > [xdmcp]
> > > Enable=true
> > >
> > > I did do a netstat to make sure xdm was listening on the correct port.
> > >
> > > Is it possible that Xwin.exe is sending to a different port?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > Darryl Wagoner - WA1GON
> > >
> > > Your phone line can be the life line for the unemployed. Sign up
> > > today at:
> > > http://www.proud-americans.org/
> > >
> > > *** Please pass the word to at least three others. ***
> > >
> > > "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing."  - Edmund Burke [1729-1797]
> > >
> > >