Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
Hi,
I have a windows host running FC5 on VMWare. I'd like to connect to
GDM via XDMCP. The following steps have been done:
- Switched off iptables
- Enabled remote login in gdmsetup
On the Windows host I have an installed CygWin/X. No, when I enter
xwin.exe -query 192.168.1.129
(which is the VMWare guests IP address), I can see the following in
Ethereal:
XDMCP Query
XDMCP Willing
XDMCP Request
XDMCP Accept
XDMCP Manage
So far anything looks good. But after that point, nothing happens,
except that the XDMCP MANAGE packet is repeated over and over again.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Jochen
Are you running a Windows firewall? I can't offhand remember which ports XDM and
X require in order to work correctly. Certainly 6000 in order to contact display
:0 on the PC, or 6001 for :1 etc. I have a nagging recollection that there is
another port involved with XDMCP but I can't remember which. What traffic is
XDMCP sending back to the PC? IIRC it needs to initiate a new connection on a
specific port.
Setting up freenx/nx and the NX client is much simpler, and will provide you
with a much better environment. We have pretty much abandoned Exceed in favour
of NX.
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University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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