Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:46:06 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Subject: Re: XMing and FreeBSD Message-ID: <200811282246.08059.tijl@ulyssis.org> 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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On Friday 28 November 2008 17:08:13 Pieter Donche wrote: > 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? It's disabled by default on FreeBSD. In /usr/local/share/config/kdm/kdmrc in the [Xdmcp] section you need to set Enable=true.
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