From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 2 4:47:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (mail-1.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28D6137B4D7 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 04:47:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA27012; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 04:42:25 -0800 (PST) From: "Otter" To: "Daniel Bye" , "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: XDMCP - broadcast to network. Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:47:39 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-reply-to: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG That last line that says "What does this do?" The answer is "! Comment out this line if you want to manage X terminals with xdm" (right above it). Comment it out and run your favorite xdm/wdm/kdm/etc from /etc/ttys and you should be golden. I've got the same setup here. -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Daniel Bye }Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:22 PM }To: 'questions@freebsd.org' }Subject: XDMCP - broadcast to network. } } }Hello everybody, } }I am trying to configure XDMCP on my FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE }machine. It is }running }XFree86 3.3.6. I want to offer X services to other machines }on the network, }which }will be using Hummingbird's Exceed software under WinNT. My }host does not }appear }in the chooser menu.... } }I have had this working once before with a Redhat system, }but would like to }get }FreeBSD to do it, too. } }I have changed Xaccess to allow connections from any source }(the * on a line }by itself) }I have a feeling that I need to define a server in Xserver, }but cannot }remember (or find) }the format for the appropriate line... This is the current }contents of the }Xservers file: } }:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X } }And here is my xdm-config: } }! $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/xdm-conf.cpp,v }1.1.1.2.4.2 1999/10/12 }18:33 }:29 hohndel Exp $ }! }! $XConsortium: xdm-conf.cpp /main/3 1996/01/15 15:17:26 gildea $ }DisplayManager.errorLogFile: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors }DisplayManager.pidFile: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid }DisplayManager.keyFile: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-keys }DisplayManager.servers: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers }DisplayManager.accessFile: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess }! All displays should use authorization, but we cannot be sure }! X terminals will be configured that way, so by default }! use authorization only for local displays :0, :1, etc. }DisplayManager._0.authorize: true }DisplayManager._1.authorize: true }! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console. }DisplayManager._0.setup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 }DisplayManager._0.startup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole }DisplayManager._0.reset: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole }! }DisplayManager*resources: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources }DisplayManager*session: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession }DisplayManager*authComplain: false }! SECURITY: do not listen for XDMCP or Chooser requests }! Comment out this line if you want to manage X terminals with xdm }DisplayManager.requestPort: 1 ### <<<<<===== what }does this do?? } } }What else do I need to do, so that my machine will be }visible in the chooser }menus on other systems? } }Any hints or pointers, most gratefully received! Thanks for }listening, all. } }Dan Bye }_______________________________ }UUNET UK }FM Server Support Engineer }Internet House }332 Science Park }Milton Road }Cambridge }CB4 0BZ } }Tel: 01223 250 122 }E-mail: servers@support.uk.uu.net } }A WorldCom Company. }============================ } } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message