I dont quite know if this is going to solve your issue. Under Solaris
8, I do not have the problem you describe, and use "-query
localhost".
I can think of two things you can try if you want to continue to use
XDMCP: 1) -broadcast instead of -query. 2) -query <"real" IP address>
instead of -query localhost.
Bob.
--- "Baddah, Shaddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If anyone can assist me in at least understanding how an XDM
> determines the
> display name of the display querying it for management, I will be
> able to
> come up with my own solution to the problems below.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Shaddy
>
> -
> From: Baddah, Shaddy
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:39 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Frustrating dtlogin problem
>
> I run Xvnc on a Solaris 7 host of which I have no admistrative
> control. This off course restricts my ability to create the
> unix-socket
> required to access the display at the unix address. So, I pass the
> -pn
> "accept failure to listen on all ports" and use only the inet
> display name.
> When I attempt to use XDMCP with the server in this mode, I am
> running into
> the following problem. If I pass the -query localhost "contact
> named host
> for XDMCP" option, the dtlogin XDM acknowledges the query, but
> attempts to
> manage the display using the unix display name. The following exert
> from the
> /var/dt/Xerrors log file demonstrates this.
>
> Thu Jul 26 11:16:36 2001
> error (pid 12512): Server open attempt #0 failed for :9, giving up
>
> My work around for a considerable period of time has been, to omit
> the option all together (i.e. unmanaged display) and to manually
> call the
> /usr/dt/config/Xsession.ow script, emulating what dtlogin would do
> with a
> new login session. I have continued to use this workaround because
> I
> suspected that dtlogin might be determining that the query came
> from a local
> display, and automatically attempting to connect to it through the
> unix-socket, and I lacked the time to verify this 100% and find a
> workaround
> with dtlogin.
>
> My questions are... has someone actually run into this same
> problem?
> How does the XDM know which display and the display name it should
> manage?
> If it is dtlogin, is there a configuration to workaround this? Any
> other
> workarounds?
>
> Many thanks,
> Shaddy
>
>
>
>
>
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