On 28/01/2011 19:19, Alexander Pokluda wrote: > I've been trying for a while to get Cygwin/X working with XDMCP for > quite a while without any success; however, I am able to conenct > without any any problem using Xming 6.9. I'm using a Windows 7 PC to > connect to a different Linux VMs running CentOS 5.5. After starting > XWin from the command line (either directly or using startxdmcp.bat), > a window opens up that contains nothing but black. At first when I > move the cursor over the winodow, it just disappears but after a > while, the cursor will appear as an X and the following shows up in > the log file: > > [266377.900] winProcEstablishConnection - Hello > [266377.900] winProcEstablishConnection - ProcEstablishConnection > failed, bailing. > [266385.653] winAboutDlgProc - WM_COMMAND - IDOK or IDCANCEL > [266489.784] XDM: too many retransmissions, declaring session dead > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've included part of the log > from one attempt to connect to one of the CentOS 5.5 VMs that I can > connect to with Xming using XDMCP.
> [266616.722] XDM: too many retransmissions, declaring session dead Possibly you need to use -query 10.3.147.100 -from <corresponding local IP for the subnet containing that IP address> Xming has a patch applied which adds some more intelligence to the way the local IP address is chosen, but unfortunately that is written to use the winsock API directly, so can't be used directly in XWin. -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/