I have been told on this list that it "shouldn't" (or was it "doesn't"?) make a difference, however, when logging into an RH8 box, I *had* to put the -query as the last element on the line. Try this to see if it makes any difference (you seem to be having somewhat different problems, thus I am not sure...)
c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xwin -from 192.168.1.4 -query zephyr.mydomain.com
The other thing I wonder about is fonts. I am ignorant on the subject, but is there a chance that not all the fonts needed are being loaded (on either end?)
Jay
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Hi folks, First thanks to all who contribute. Xfree on Cygwin has been great. However, I was seeing 2Gb+ XWin.log files and felt I needed to update. SO I updated today and now I can't login via XDMCP. Here's the command line I use:
c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xwin -query zephyr.mydomain.com -from 192.168.1.4
The system I'm logging into is a RH ES2.1 server. I've been using the same setup for months now.
The problem is that I can't type in the login window. Nothing appears. The only thing I can see getting thru is the Caps Lock, which I find very strange.
Even if I start xwin and then twm and an xterm I can't type in the xterm.
I do see a message in /tmp/XWin.log: (EE) Unable to locate/open config file InitOutput - Error reading config file
Do I need a config file? I haven't used one before.
I found this message: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00303.html and tested http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/devel/server/XWin-4.3.0-20-Test01.exe.bz2 and I can login. So it looks like the problem is in the new WaitFor.c code.
Now I'm hung at a blank screen, though.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm hosed for the time being.
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