Martin said: > I am slightly confused at what you're trying to do. XDCMP is commonly > used over IP - not serial links. Serial link may not have the bandwidth > nessecary to do this properly.
well what I meant is there is no keyboard/mouse on the machine at the moment, the console is on the serial port, I am connecting to gdm via XDCMP over TCP/IP (connecting works fine, I get the gdm login screen, just when I try to login, gdm cycles and the log says it cannot start X) > Posting the exact error message would be a lot more useful - does it say > /dev/tty0 doesn't exist or /dev/ttyS0 doesn't exist? from the gdm log: Jun 5 02:18:40 sparky gdm[4616]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Re starting :0 from plain ol startx: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) (I think because the hardware disables the keyboard console when no keyboard is plugged in.. there is a device file /dev/tty0 ) > You will need to run an XServer on whichever machine is controlling the > display hardware. You will also need the correct drivers for that > hardware. yes I have that setup already..just for some reason gdm wants to run an X server on the machine gdm is on, rather then realize I have an X server on the remote side.. > You don't log in to XDCMP. It is a protocol that identifies which > servers are willing to accept X sessions over a network. well connecting via XDCMP, logging in via gdm(I see the login screen and can authenticate ..) > Then why not network the Ultra 1 up to another machine and get > comfortable using GDM/XDCMP and running remote displays in a more > standard config. it is .. :/ thanks! I suspect this is a gdm configuration issue ....... nate