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 <sgaunt@softwright To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .co.uk> cc: Sent by: Subject: Problem with Solaris cygwin-xfree-owner @cygwin.com 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