Re: Problem with Windows95 and XFree

["frederic bregier" <fbregier at webmails dot com>]

I forgot to say that all Windows are with static IP
and not dynamic address (so not a problem with DHCP
as I found from a mail of december 2001).

Frederic

Le Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:35:15 +0100
, vous avez ecrit: 

> I have already installed with success on Win98, Win2000,
> but with Win95, I'v got a problem.
> In order to be sure, I use the last version with setup.exe.
> 
> I succesfully run XFree in local mode (no XDMCP, nothing).
> It works ok : so I am sure it is not a real problem with Xfree
> from the hardware point of vue...
> But when I try to run XFree in XDMCP mode (-query <serverip> -from
> <win95ip>),
> it just crashes.
> I look inside the XWin.log and found anything running well
> except this last message after window starting:
> Fatal server error: XDMCP fatal error: Session declined No valid
> address.
> 
> Strange since I can ping or telnet this server from this W95 box.
> Strange again, I suspected a firewall between this W95 box and the
> Unix Server, but my network admin says there is no firwall between
> them.
> 
> Any clue about this ? I guess a Win95 bad behavior ?
> Or is there really a firewall that my network admin doesn't know ?
> (note that all the W98 and W2000 are on the same subnet and do the
> same thing than the W95 but with success, of course I don't know
> if there is a particular firewall setting for them).
> 
> Frederic


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