Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:05:14 -0500 (EST) From: "J. Seth Henry" <jshenry@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: shvetima@engineering.ucsb.edu Message-ID: <20021226105509.R4986-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net>
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I asked almost the exact same question a month ago, and more recently a few days ago. Apparently no one has been able to get xdm to work across a network in FreeBSD, or they felt it was some rite of passage and didn't want to spoil the surprise. Having tried for a month to get it to work correctly, I suspect the former. I have a very similar setup, except I plan to use minimalist FreeBSD systems to connect to the server. The terminals I am attempting to setup are pure X terminals, and I plan to have them display a logon prompt to the server directly. My server does have a keyboard and CRT, but they are stowed away in a wiring closet. Here is what I do know. You can configure the XDMCP server (xdm) fairly easily on the server. It involves adding a script to /usr/local/etc/rc.d or modifying rc.conf to start it. You will need to modify Xaccess in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/lib/xdm (I believe), and remove a comment to allow your X servers to connect. On the server (or client depending on your POV), you run xdm --broadcast -and it should pick up the first server it finds. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck getting xdm to work either at the console or from the terminals as yet. I sometimes manage to get a login prompt, but the login always fails. If you figure out, I'd like to know how you did it - and I'll likewise remember you if I manage to work it out. Good luck, Seth Henry Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:09:26 -0800 (PST) From: Shvetima Gulati <shvetima@engineering.ucsb.edu> Subject: simple xdm setup Hi all, I want to set up my X configuration as follows: 1) I want all clients (people) to log in to machine 'Server'using the GUI login.This brings them to their desktop. Typically these people are on windows machines running X servers such as eXceed or X-Win32. Some might be tunneling through ssh (port forwarding)so they would need to connect to local displays? 2) There is no physical keyboard or mouse attached to 'Server' 3) for administration purposes the command line is adequate, so there is no need for a GUI console. Essentially I want the PCs to function like dumb terminals running X displays. This is a fairly common scenario right ? How do I set up xdm for this? I searched the web but clear info was very sparse for FreeBSD (I am on 4.6.2). All pointers/help appreciated. Thanks, Shv. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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