From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Mon May 30 07:24:11 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB70B547B0 for ; Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CA21F1B for ; Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 791B4B547AF; Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78BCEB547AE for ; Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A10B1F19 for ; Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u4U7OBkn011299 for ; Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 209851] x11/xdm: indirect chooser broken Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Type: request X-Bugzilla-Product: Ports & Packages X-Bugzilla-Component: Individual Port(s) X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: x11@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: maintainer-feedback? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 07:24:11 -0000 gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de has reassigned Bugzilla Automation '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 ", but not going over the chooser on that machine with "X -indirect ". 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): Unfortunately, there is no solution mentioned there.