Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:17:11 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson <240olofsson@telia.com> To: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Cc: "mail.list freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XMing and FreeBSD Message-ID: <49302797.2050306@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811281659180.19090@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811281659180.19090@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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Pieter Donche skrev: > I have - in the same subnet - a WinXP PC and a multi-boot PC with > a) OpenSuse10.3, b) FreeBSD-7.0 (and c) WinXP) > > I installed the free X-Windows server Xming on the WinXP PC, > and I can connect to the other PC when it is booted in OpenSUSE 10.3: > Xming is configured for 'open session via XDMCP', I specify fully > qualified hostname and I get the openSUSE username/password login > screen, etc... > > (I didn't need to change anything in the OpenSuSE) > > But when that PC is booted into FreeBSD - XMing only gives me a screen > with a grey background and a black X - connection seems not established. > > The FreeBSD runs KDM as window manager and KDE as desktop. > > Why and how to remedy? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1817 - Release Date: 2008-11-28 08:17 > Hello Pieter, You might want to look over your settings in the following: /usr/local/lib/X11/wdm/Xclients Make sure that paths/names etc are ok for the section about kde startkde*|kde*|KDE*) # startup kde STARTKDE_PATH=startkde if ! test -x $STARTKDE_PATH ; then FindInPath $STARTKDE_PATH if test -n "$result" -a -x "$result"; then STARTKDE_PATH="$result"; fi fi if [ -x $STARTKDE_PATH ] ; then echo Starting kde >$HOME/.xwm.msgs exec $STARTKDE_PATH -console >>$HOME/.xwm.msgs 2>&1 fi ;; You should look for eventual settings for displaymanagers for KDM - I am sorry but I don not know where/how/if KDM has a setting for this. WDM has this in the wdm-config file - maybe KDM has something similar? (The wdm setting is like this: DisplayManager*wdmWm: WindowMaker:FluxBox) You should also check your Xorg log files for any messages - they should be in /var/log. Greetings /Roger
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