Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 20:28:56 -0400 From: Irving Popovetsky <irvingp@puck.nether.net> To: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: remote xdm problems Message-ID: <19980503202856.A3873@puck.nether.net> In-Reply-To: <354CFE13.B83FB78B@voicenet.com>; from Peter Schwenk on Sun, May 03, 1998 at 07:30:27PM -0400 References: <19980503183312.A1996@puck.nether.net> <354CFE13.B83FB78B@voicenet.com>
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Okay, I removed it from /etc/ttys, and moved it over into /etc/rc.local (per the FAQ entry that I just found). for testing purposes, I even booted my NT box into FreeBSD-current (about a month-old build.... but it does SMP just fine) and tried running /usr/X11R6/bin/X -query watchtower (watchtower being my 486). It did the same thing. the session died after a minute, just as predicted, and immediatly the xdm logon screen popped back up. I dont understand why it starts up just fine, and then dies after a while. what could be going wrong? -Irving Peter Schwenk dared to say: > Irving: > > I've read that it's not a good idea to start xdm in the /etc/ttys file. I > start mine with a script in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. There is a setting, > local_startup, in the /etc/rc.conf file that lists this directory as one of > the directory that the bootup scripts search in for local startup scripts. I > don't know if moving the startup of xdm out of /etc/ttys will help you or > not, but I figured I'd add this tidbit. > > Irving Popovetsky wrote: > > > Howdy, > > > > At home, I have networked together my a 486 with 32 megs of ram > > running FreeBSD-stable, which doesnt do anything but run PPP and ipfw to > > my NT box. I got the idea to set up my NT box with eXceed(from > > hummingbird communications), which is arguably the best commercial > > X-server package available for windows, to run an xdm query over to the > > FreeBSD box. > > > > well, everything works great and dandy.... except for one problem. the > > xsession dies after about a minute or two .... usually without even an > > error message. I have tried with different wm's, everything from fvwm to > > afterstep to kde ..... and I tried messing with the SYSV stuff (SHM, etc) > > .... but that makes it die even faster sometimes. > > > > at first I suspected the NT machine to be at fault (naturally :), so I > > tried different X servers (but only x-win40 from starnet communications > > did xdm queries) ... but I managed to replicate the problem, so I'm > > wondering if the FreeBSD box is doing something funny. > > > > note: xdm is being started from /etc/ttys, like it is in the standard > > install: > > ttyv7 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > > > any suggestions? > > > > Thanks a million, > > > > -- > > > > -Irving Popovetsky > > ANS Communications - BigDial Operations Assistant > > Pioneer High School - Webmaster http://pioneer.citi.umich.edu > > > > grok: /grok/, var. /grohk/ vt. [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange > > Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally > > `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok > > in fullness'. 1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes > > intimate and exhaustive knowledge. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > Peter Schwenk > schwenk@voicenet.com > FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD - FreeBSD > Visit www.FreeBSD.ORG ! > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- -Irving Popovetsky ANS Communications - BigDial Operations Assistant Pioneer High School - Webmaster http://pioneer.citi.umich.edu grok: /grok/, var. /grohk/ vt. [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok in fullness'. 1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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