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jemiele1

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Registered: 2006-01-10

Posts: 18

Remote X connections with xdm not working.

I've done this before with other distributions, but I can't seem to get it going with Arch 0.7.2.

I have xdm running on one of my Arch boxes (192.168.68.112) and I'm trying to connect to it from another Arch box (192.168.68.114). Both are running the latest and greatest Arch packages.

The 192.168.68.112 system has DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 commented out of /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config, so xdm should be listening for requests. The box also has "*     #any host can get a login window" enabled (it's not commented) in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess, so any host should be able to connect. The rest of the files in the xdm directory are unchanged from the base install.

When I try to connect from the 192.168.68.114 system to the 192.168.68.112 box, I use the following command:

X :1 -query 192.168.68.112

I get a nice X shaped cursor and a black background and that's as far as I get.

To make things more interesting, here are the contents of /var/log/xdm.log on the 192.168.68.112 system:

Predefined macro file '/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/mcpp_gcc40_predef_old.h' is not found
Predefined macro file '/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/mcpp_gcc40_predef_std.h' is not found
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
Predefined macro file '/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/mcpp_gcc40_predef_old.h' is not found
Predefined macro file '/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/mcpp_gcc40_predef_std.h' is not found
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
(current) UNIX password:
su: incorrect password

I've been chasing my tail on this one for the last 6 hours. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears.

Thanks.

- Joe

gradgrind

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-10-06

Posts: 921

Re: Remote X connections with xdm not working.

I'm afraid I haven't tried this with xdm, but I have gdm working pretty well - this can be set up using the graphical canfiguration facility, it's very easy. Some time ago I tried getting kdm to work, with no luck, so I've stuck with gdm even though I don't use gnome.

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jemiele1

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Registered: 2006-01-10

Posts: 18

Re: Remote X connections with xdm not working.

I hate to say it, but I think that the build of xdm in current is just plain broken. Every once in a while, I can get a connection established, but there is no rhyme or reason as to why it works one time and then doesn't work the next.

So, I bit the bullet and switched over to kdm. Got that one running in less than 3 minutes.

Guess it's time to file a bug report...

BTW, thanks for the reply gradgrind.

- Joe

gradgrind

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-10-06

Posts: 921

Re: Remote X connections with xdm not working.

Maybe you could tell us what you configured in kdm to get it working.

I battled with that for quite a while before giving up.

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