The Debian system (and one other on my home LAN) provide XDM services to my Cygwin X server, but only when there is no VPN connection. My /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess file has only the following two entries activated:
* * CHOOSER BROADCAST and my /etc/hosts.allow file contains these entries at the top of the file: # Allow general access to LAN hosts ALL: 127.0.0.1 : allow ALL: 192.168.0. : allow # Allow general access to LAN hosts during VPN connections ALL: xxx.yyy.zzz. : allow The command I start the X server with is this: %RUN% XWin -ac -indirect %REMOTE_HOST% -from %LOCAL_HOST%where REMOTE_HOST is defined as my Debian hostname, and LOCAL_HOST is defined as my Windows hostname. I've tried redefining LOCAL_HOST to the IP address configured by the VPN gateway, and tried changing DISPLAY from localhost to the VPN-configured IP address as well. The end result in all cases is the blank gray screen.
Any suggestions would be welcome! Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Terry Branscombe [skype me at 'tbranscombe']
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