Harold- Yes. I've had no problems running XFree86 locally. In addition, I've been able to run remote X apps on the machines that don't do XDMCP via ssh and setting DISPLAY.
- Patrick At 06:25 PM 2/9/2002 -0500, Harold Hunt wrote: >Patrick, > >One question for starters: can you start a local Cygwin/XFree86 session >(without XDMCP) on the machines that will not connect with XDMCP? > >Harold > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick Jaromin > > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 3:50 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: XDMCP to Solaris Hangs on specific W2k systems, not all > > > > > > I'm posting this to the newsgroup after what I believe was an > > exhaustive search > > of the archives...my apologies if I've missed a previously posted > > solution. > > > > I've got 3 W2k systems attempting to connect to a couple Solaris 8 boxes. > > One system connected immediately, without any fuss using the basic: > > XWin.exe -query <sun box> -from <w2k system> > > > > When I attempt this with the other two, the program hangs shortly after > > displaying the black screen and hourglass cursor. Only right-click-close > > or task manager will kill the app. > > > > After reading a few posts and the FAQ (on Sun's lack of 24-bit > > color depth > > support), > > I noticed that the two that didn't work have video cards that > > only support > > 8, 16 and 24 bit color depth > > -- while the working system supported and was set to 32 bit. > > > > Changing the other two systems to 16 or 8 bit didn't help....same hang. > > > > Replacing the video card on one with an NVidia with 32-bit support didn't > > work either...same hang. > > > > I also attempted the -fp parameter even though it didn't appear to be a > > font issue. > > > > The logs I'm familiar with (through previous postings) don't seem to > > provide much information...and > > look nearly identical in both the working and hanging case...with, of > > course the major exception that > > the log stops after the hang while the working system logs > > additional info. > > > > > > The XWin.log file looks like this: (with the -audit option) > > > > ddxProcessArgument () - Initializing default screens > > winInitializeDefaultScreens () - w 1280 h 1024 > > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000 > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f > > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking > > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits > > per pixel > > winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 996 1024 > > winAdjustForAutoHide - Taskbar is auto hide > > winAdjustForAutoHide - Found TOP auto-hide taskbar > > winAdjustForAutoHide - Found LEFT auto-hide taskbar > > winAdjustForAutoHide - FwinCloseScreenShadowDDNL () - Freeing > > screen resources > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000 > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f > > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking > > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - Not changing video mode > > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 5120 > > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff > > BPRGB 8 d 32 > > winLayerCreate () - dwDepth 32 > > winRandRInit () > > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () > > winScreenInit () - returning > > winCloseScreenShadowDDNL () - Freeing screen resources > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000 > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed > > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f > > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking > > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - Not changing video mode > > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 5120 > > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff > > BPRGB 8 d 32 > > winLayerCreate () - dwDepth 32 > > winRandRInit () > > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () > > winScreenInit () - returning > > :22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 > > connected from IP > > 192.168.2.27 port 34622 > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58 > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 > > connected from IP > > 192.168.2.27 port 34623 > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58 > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 > > connected from IP > > 192.168.2.27 port 34624 > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58 > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 > > connected from IP > > 192.168.2.27 port 34625 > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58 > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 > > connected from IP > > 192.168.2.27 port 34626 > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58 > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:16 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 disconnected > > AUDIT: Fri Feb 8 09:22:17 2002: 1616 XWin.exe: client 3 > > connected from IP > > 192.168.2.27 port 34627 > > Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 58 > > > > > > and /var/dt/Xerrors looks the same (until the hang) for the > > working machine > > and the ones > > that don't: > > > > X Error of failed request: 86 > > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > > Serial number of failed request: 10 > > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > > X Error of failed request: 86 > > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > > Serial number of failed request: 10 > > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > > X Error of failed request: 86 > > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > > Serial number of failed request: 10 > > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > > X Error of failed request: 86 > > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > > Serial number of failed request: 10 > > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > > X Error of failed request: 86 > > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > > Serial number of failed request: 10 > > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > > > > > > > > Is there anything else I can try? Did I miss something or are there other > > logs to check? > > > > Thank you. > > > > - Patrick > > > > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick K. Jaromin w 312.943.1600 / 312.475.2487(direct) VP Technology / Lead Programmer m 312.907.9019 Sun Certified Java Developer e [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Certified Java Programmer p [EMAIL PROTECTED] JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. 320 West Ohio St., 3-East Chicago, IL 60610 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------