Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 209851] x11/xdm: indirect chooser broken Message-ID: <bug-209851-7141-RGiGn0aHBY@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-209851-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-209851-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de has reassigned Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org>'s request for maintainer-feedback to x11@FreeBSD.org: Bug 209851: x11/xdm: indirect chooser broken https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D209851 --- Description --- I have a very old-school indirect xdm/chooser list for a couple of machines (Linux and FreeBSD). This works fine with the chooser running on a Linux box. The chooser on a FreeBSD box comes up with the chooser list, but after selection of a machine I do not get a login window. Instead, I get the message "Cannot connect to xdm" in xdm.log, and after some blinking and flashing of the screen I get the chooser back. This behaviour is always the same, no matter if I choose the local (FreeBSD machine) or a different (remote, be it Linux or FreeBSD) one. I can get a login window from a FreeBSD machine just fine when contacting it directly with "X -query <host>", but not going over the chooser on that machine with "X -indirect <host>". It also works fine using the chooser from a Linux box, so it looks like something is broken between the chooser and the xdm login on the FreeBSD machine. Using Google, I found someone describing quite the same issue (already a co= uple of years ago): <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/5904/>; Unfortunately, there is no solution mentioned there.
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