Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 06:31:39 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam <girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gdm + xdmcp Message-ID: <20080301010139.GA8443@saraswathy.madambakam.org> In-Reply-To: <20080301011006.3c61b31a@ilievnet.com> References: <20080301011006.3c61b31a@ilievnet.com>
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On 01:10:06 Mar 01, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Hi, people > > > I installed FreeBSD using the "7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso" CD image. > After I installed Gnome (pkg_add -r gnome2), I was able to start it on > the FreeBSD and show it on my GNU/Linux workstation like this: > > 1) (Xnest :1 &) ; terminal --display=:1 > 2) in the "Xnested" terminal: > ssh -Y bsd.example.org gnome-session & > (Ctrl+D) > > Next I started gdmsetup on the FreeBSD system and enabled "Remote > Login" (XDMCP). It was followed by a "gdm-restart". No error messages, > everything seems fine, but I can not connect to the FreeBSD box issuing > "Xnest -query bsd.example.org :2" from the workstation. > > The above steps are usually enough to get XDMCP working between > GNU/Linux hosts. Actually the reverse scenario works just fine - I > was able to get my GNU/Linux Gnome showing on the FreeBSD system via > XDMCP. The two hosts are on the same HUB and in the same /24 private > network. > > > What am I missing in the FreeBSD setup? > I am confused why you need Xnest. If you want the XDMCP of the remote host there are other means. Xnest is meant for running multiple X sessions in the same server. If you want to access a remote machine's gdm, then you don't need Xnest for that. You can test for UDP port 177 along with the TCP ports 6000 and above with the nmap command. # nmap -sT -p 6000-6005 bsd.example.org # For X # nmap -sU -p 177 bsd.example.org # For XDMCP Most likely you have to enable "TCP listening" in gdm.conf. Just uncomment the relevant line and you should be all set. Best of luck! -Girish > > > P.S. > > /* off-topic > I'm new to the *BSD world and it's my first message to this list. > So, I'd like to ask if there are any special rules here that I should > know about? Would "no html, no thread-hijacking, no top-posting" be > enough to avoid offending the more sensitive folks on the list when it > comes to correct e-mail formatting? > */ You seem to know everything already. ;) This list is specifically meant for newbies and is very very friendly. -- "unix soi qui mal y pense" UNIX to him who evil thinks
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