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RE: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: "Matthew Bradford" <mbradford at bahaigear dot com>
- Cc: "cygx" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:13:59 -0400
- Subject: RE: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
Matt,
Do you own a commercial X-server product, such as Exceed or X-Win32?
Do you have firewall software installed on your computer?
Harold
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Matthew Bradford
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 5:06 PM
> To: Harold Hunt
> Cc: cygx
> Subject: Re: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
>
>
> Harold,
>
> First, thank you very much for your time and attention. Now onto the
> results of your last email:
>
> I've tried that before, but I tried it again just to be sure...
> and still no
> go.
>
> did you get my previous email talking about the connection
> refused issue? I
> think this is related. The only way I can get any remote X app to run is
> when I tunnel it through SSH. Setting the export variable doesn't work.
> (even when i run xhost + and/or pass the -ac option to the X
> server) It is
> acting as if access control is on still.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix that? I'll put ya money on it that is
> the issue. I
> just have no idea how to fix it.
>
> - Matt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu>
> To: "Matthew Bradford" <mbradford@bahaigear.com>
> Cc: "cygx" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:28 PM
> Subject: RE: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
>
>
> > Matt,
> >
> > > No you haven't asked, but no.
> >
> > Good.
> >
> > > Good question though.. I am assuming you thought perhaps I
> was tryin to
> > > access the wrong network?
> >
> > Not quite. The Cygwin folks (esp. Alexander Gottwald) have been working
> for
> > some time to make sure that cygwin1.dll is able to return correct
> > information on the available network interfaces. The problem situations
> > have been when a machine has more than one network card, or a token ring
> > network card. You don't have either so this isn't a problem.
> >
> > > Only one card that gets its address from the
> > > DHCP server on my network. (Also a linux box)
> >
> > Hmm... perhaps you should try using the -from parameter with the IP
> address
> > of the Windows machine that you are using Cygwin/XFree86 on. I suspect
> that
> > there may be a problem with Windows reporting a certain
> hostname that your
> > Linux box can't find an IP address for. Here's an example
> command line:
> >
> > XWin -query linux_ip_address -from windows_ip_address
> >
> > Let me know,
> >
> > Harold
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Matthew Bradford
> > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:06 PM
> > > To: Harold Hunt
> > > Cc: cygx
> > > Subject: Re: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
> > >
> > >
> > > No you haven't asked, but no. Only one card that gets its
> > > address from the
> > > DHCP server on my network. (Also a linux box)
> > >
> > > Good question though.. I am assuming you thought perhaps I
> was tryin to
> > > access the wrong network?
> > > - Matt
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu>
> > > To: "Matthew Bradford" <mbradford@bahaigear.com>
> > > Cc: "cygx" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:18 PM
> > > Subject: RE: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
> > >
> > >
> > > > Matt,
> > > >
> > > > Did we already ask if you have multiple network cards in
> your Windows
> > > > machine, or any token ring cards?
> > > >
> > > > Harold
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > > > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of
> Matthew Bradford
> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:11 PM
> > > > > To: Alexander Gottwald
> > > > > Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > > > > Subject: Re: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Just that a new version of kdm is spawned and then eventually it
> > > > > dies. I am
> > > > > assuming this is a timeout because it cannot connect to the X
> > > > > server. (see
> > > > > my second message on this subject) To sum up, I can run remote X
> > > programs
> > > > > when using SSH -X, however if I telnet in and set the DISPLAY
> variable
> > > it
> > > > > refuses the connection no matter what.
> > > > >
> > > > > - Matt
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Alexander Gottwald"
> > > <Alexander.Gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
> > > > > To: "Matthew Bradford" <mbradford@bahaigear.com>
> > > > > Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:43 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: XDMCP and Redhat 7.2
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Matthew Bradford wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > start X on my winXP box I see that kdm starts and then it
> > > times out
> > > > > > > eventually. I can connect to this server with another
> > > Linux box via
> > > > > XDMCP
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What do you mean with "times out"?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > bye
> > > > > > ago
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Alexander.Gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
> > > > > > http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
> > > > > > phone: +49 3725 349 80 80 mobile: +49 172 7854017
> > > > > > 4. Chemnitzer Linux-Tag http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4
> > > > >
> > >
>