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Re: Problem with Solaris
- From: Matthew dot Codd at sita dot int
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:43:34 +0000
- Subject: Re: Problem with Solaris
Stuart
Are you connecting to a Solaris 2.8 system?
I have exactly the same problem on 2.8, but can connect to Solaris systems
running 2.6 without any errors.
Matthew Codd
Stuart Gaunt
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27/03/02 18:31
>I'm trying to get cygwin/xfree working using XDMCP from Solaris (on
sparc),
>but all I get is a black screen with an egg-timer.
>
>It works fine using XDMCP from a Linux host.
>
>Using X-Win32 on the same PC works fine to Linux AND Solaris.
>
>Under X-Win32, when I first connect I get the black egg-timer window, then
>almost immediately I get the CDE login prompt.
>Under cygwin/xfree, I get the black egg timer, but no prompt. The
egg-timer
>follows my mouse around, so there is obviously some X stuff going on, but
>not quite enough.
>
>Any ideas ?????
>
>Thanks
>Stuart