Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:16:50 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Nathan <nathan.stocks@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with XDMCP and gnome 2.26 on 7.2-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1 Message-ID: <1242242210.42382.91.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <96c9d6a80905131208x15269130ibea95a7d9144308c@mail.gmail.com> References: <96c9d6a80905130712q2adc071eoea9a2a9e36cb85db@mail.gmail.com> <96c9d6a80905130818h28fcffcenbadcb9d6bdc4ad93@mail.gmail.com> <96c9d6a80905131138v1095134ey1ee265514ca612a5@mail.gmail.com> <96c9d6a80905131208x15269130ibea95a7d9144308c@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-iSL5Q7GB1LVR+0qm+vlF Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 13:08 -0600, Nathan wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Nathan <nathan.stocks@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Nathan <nathan.stocks@gmail.com> wrote= : > >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Nathan <nathan.stocks@gmail.com> wrot= e: > >>> Hi, this is my first time with FreeBSD. I'm trying to replace an old > >>> linux server for a thin-client lab with a brand-new FreeBSD one on a > >>> nice amd opteron box. > >>> > >>> I can't get XDMCP working with either xdm or gdm. I spent all day > >>> yesterday (with two coworkers) reading, googling, and trying > >>> everything we read or could think of to get either login manager > >>> working. They both work on the local console, but the configurations > >>> for enabling XDMCP don't seem to work. Then on #freebsd this morning > >>> someone pointed me to this recent email in this mailing list's > >>> archive: > >>> > >>> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1241929056.88553.29.camel > >>> > >>> Everything I currently have installed was straight off the DVD > >>> (literally. I just installed the "X-Kern-Developer" distribution, an= d > >>> then installed gnome2 off the DVD). What do I need to do to use thos= e > >>> patches referenced in the email above? Do I need to update ports, > >>> then download those patches, and then upgrade all of gnome from ports > >>> somehow? Or can I just download the patches and update gdm? > >>> > >>> I really don't care whether we use xdm or gdm, but I can't get either > >>> one working using the freebsd handbook or any other documentation I > >>> can find. (though I have gotten both working on several Linux > >>> distros) > >>> > >>> This is a fresh install, so I'll mess with stuff trying to figure it > >>> out in the meantime, and I can always wipe and reinstall, but I would > >>> really appreciate some guidance here! > >>> > >>> I'll post any progress I make to the list. I'll be working on this > >>> for about the next 9 hours straight. > >> > >> Okay, I did "portsnap fetch" and "portsnap extract" and "portsnap > >> update" and then: > >> > >> * put "Makefile" from the patches[1] into /usr/ports/x11/gdm > >> * put the rest of the patches[1] into /usr/ports/x11/gdm/files > >> > >> [1] http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/gdm/ > >> > >> Then I ran "make build" with the default config options from > >> /usr/ports/x11/gdm -- and hit the following error: > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> =3D=3D=3D> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found > >> =3D=3D=3D> Found saved configuration for gdm-2.26.1_1 > >> =3D> gdm-2.26.1.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/= gnome2. > >> =3D> Attempting to fetch from > >> ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.gnome.org/sources/gdm/2.26/. > >> gdm-2.26.1.tar.bz2 100% of 2467 kB 53 kBp= s 00m00s > >> =3D=3D=3D> Extracting for gdm-2.26.1_1 > >> =3D> MD5 Checksum OK for gnome2/gdm-2.26.1.tar.bz2. > >> =3D> SHA256 Checksum OK for gnome2/gdm-2.26.1.tar.bz2. > >> =3D=3D=3D> Patching for gdm-2.26.1_1 > >> =3D=3D=3D> Applying FreeBSD patches for gdm-2.26.1_1 > >> =3D=3D=3D> gdm-2.26.1_1 depends on executable: zenity - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> gdm-2.26.1_1 depends on executable: gmake - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> gdm-2.26.1_1 depends on file: > >> /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/dmxproto.pc - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> gdm-2.26.1_1 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfi= g/dmx.pc - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> gdm-2.26.1_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/intltool-ext= ract - not found > >> =3D=3D=3D> Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/intltool-extract in > >> /usr/ports/textproc/intltool > >> =3D=3D=3D> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found > >> =3D> intltool-0.40.6.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distf= iles/gnome. > >> =3D> Attempting to fetch from > >> ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.gnome.org/sources/intltool/0.40/. > >> intltool-0.40.6.tar.bz2 100% of 137 kB 75 kBp= s > >> =3D=3D=3D> Extracting for intltool-0.40.6 > >> =3D> MD5 Checksum OK for gnome/intltool-0.40.6.tar.bz2. > >> =3D> SHA256 Checksum OK for gnome/intltool-0.40.6.tar.bz2. > >> =3D=3D=3D> intltool-0.40.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9= - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> Patching for intltool-0.40.6 > >> =3D=3D=3D> intltool-0.40.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9= - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> intltool-0.40.6 depends on file: > >> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/mach/XML/Parser.pm - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> intltool-0.40.6 depends on executable: gmake - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> intltool-0.40.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9= - found > >> =3D=3D=3D> intltool-0.40.6 depends on shared library: iconv.3 - foun= d > >> =3D=3D=3D> Configuring for intltool-0.40.6 > >> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -= g wheel > >> checking whether build environment is sane... yes > >> checking for gawk... no > >> checking for mawk... no > >> > >> [snip] > >> > >> cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -I../common > >> -DAUTHDIR=3D\"/var/gdm\" -DBINDIR=3D\"/usr/local/bin\" > >> -DDATADIR=3D\"/usr/local/share\" -DDMCONFDIR=3D\"/usr/local/etc/dm\" > >> -DGDMCONFDIR=3D\"/usr/local/etc/gdm\" -DLIBDIR=3D\"/usr/local/lib\" > >> -DLIBEXECDIR=3D\"/usr/local/libexec\" -DLOGDIR=3D\"/var/log/gdm\" > >> -DSBINDIR=3D\"/usr/local/sbin\" > >> -DGNOMELOCALEDIR=3D\""/usr/local/share/locale"\" > >> -DGDM_XAUTH_DIR=3D\"/var/run/gdm\" > >> -DGDM_SESSION_DEFAULT_PATH=3D\"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin\" > >> -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE -I/usr/local/include/dbus-1.0 > >> -I/usr/local/include/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 > >> -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include/hal > >> -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/usr/local/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes > >> -DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DLANG_CONFIG_FILE=3D\"/usr/local/etc/sysconfig/i18n\= " > >> -I/usr/local/include -DHAS_SA_LEN -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -MT > >> gdm-manager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/gdm-manager.Tpo -c -o gdm-manager.o > >> gdm-manager.c > >> gdm-manager.c:36:1: warning: "DBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE" redefined > >> <command-line>: warning: this is the location of the previous definiti= on > >> mv -f .deps/gdm-manager.Tpo .deps/gdm-manager.Po > >> cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -I../common > >> -DAUTHDIR=3D\"/var/gdm\" -DBINDIR=3D\"/usr/local/bin\" > >> -DDATADIR=3D\"/usr/local/share\" -DDMCONFDIR=3D\"/usr/local/etc/dm\" > >> -DGDMCONFDIR=3D\"/usr/local/etc/gdm\" -DLIBDIR=3D\"/usr/local/lib\" > >> -DLIBEXECDIR=3D\"/usr/local/libexec\" -DLOGDIR=3D\"/var/log/gdm\" > >> -DSBINDIR=3D\"/usr/local/sbin\" > >> -DGNOMELOCALEDIR=3D\""/usr/local/share/locale"\" > >> -DGDM_XAUTH_DIR=3D\"/var/run/gdm\" > >> -DGDM_SESSION_DEFAULT_PATH=3D\"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin\" > >> -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE -I/usr/local/include/dbus-1.0 > >> -I/usr/local/include/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 > >> -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include/hal > >> -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/usr/local/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes > >> -DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DLANG_CONFIG_FILE=3D\"/usr/local/etc/sysconfig/i18n\= " > >> -I/usr/local/include -DHAS_SA_LEN -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -MT > >> gdm-slave-proxy.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/gdm-slave-proxy.Tpo -c -o > >> gdm-slave-proxy.o gdm-slave-proxy.c > >> mv -f .deps/gdm-slave-proxy.Tpo .deps/gdm-slave-proxy.Po > >> cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -I../common > >> -DAUTHDIR=3D\"/var/gdm\" -DBINDIR=3D\"/usr/local/bin\" > >> -DDATADIR=3D\"/usr/local/share\" -DDMCONFDIR=3D\"/usr/local/etc/dm\" > >> -DGDMCONFDIR=3D\"/usr/local/etc/gdm\" -DLIBDIR=3D\"/usr/local/lib\" > >> -DLIBEXECDIR=3D\"/usr/local/libexec\" -DLOGDIR=3D\"/var/log/gdm\" > >> -DSBINDIR=3D\"/usr/local/sbin\" > >> -DGNOMELOCALEDIR=3D\""/usr/local/share/locale"\" > >> -DGDM_XAUTH_DIR=3D\"/var/run/gdm\" > >> -DGDM_SESSION_DEFAULT_PATH=3D\"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin\" > >> -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE -I/usr/local/include/dbus-1.0 > >> -I/usr/local/include/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 > >> -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include/hal > >> -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/usr/local/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes > >> -DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DLANG_CONFIG_FILE=3D\"/usr/local/etc/sysconfig/i18n\= " > >> -I/usr/local/include -DHAS_SA_LEN -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -MT > >> gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.o -MD -MP -MF > >> .deps/gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.Tpo -c -o gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.o > >> gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.c > >> gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.c: In function 'decode_packet': > >> gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.c:2839: error: cannot convert to a pointer t= ype > >> gmake[3]: *** [gdm-xdmcp-display-factory.o] Error 1 > >> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/gdm/work/gdm-2.26.1/daemon= ' > >> gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2 > >> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/gdm/work/gdm-2.26.1/daemon= ' > >> gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > >> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/gdm/work/gdm-2.26.1' > >> gmake: *** [all] Error 2 > >> *** Error code 1 > >> > >> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gdm. > >> *** Error code 1 > >> > >> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gdm. > >> ------------------------------- > >> > >> What should I try now? > >> > >> ~ Nathan > > > > I switched over to working on xdm and finally got it to work! The > > root of the problem seems to be that xdm was binding to udp6 (as in > > udp on ipv6) ONLY, and I'm using a regular ipv4 network. The solution > > in xdm's case was to add "LISTEN 0.0.0.0" to the top of > > "/usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess". I suspect that my problem with gdm > > may be similar, but I haven't verified that. I'm reinstalling the > > system right now, so I'll check and see if gdm is only binding to udp6 > > when it's back up. If that did happen to be gdm's problem, how could > > I instruct it to listen on regular udp as well? There doesn't seem to > > be an Xaccess file in /usr/local/etc/gdm. > > > > ~ Nathan > > >=20 > Okay, fresh install, gdm running (from CD, not ports -- and no custom pat= ches). >=20 > According to sockstat, it appears that gdm is doing the same thing > that xdm was -- only binding to udp6 and not regular udp: >=20 > root gdm-binary 999 8 udp6 *:177 *:* >=20 > compare that to the entry for syslog, for example: >=20 > root syslogd 536 6 udp6 *:514 *:* > root syslogd 536 7 udp4 *:514 *:* >=20 > Is there a config setting for gdm that I can set to make it listen on > regular udp as well? No. GDM is currently broken with it comes to XDMCP. I have not been able to create a working patch set. 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