From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Thu May 26 20:25:54 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95887B4BD35 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 20:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x231.google.com (mail-it0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F90E115C for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 20:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x231.google.com with SMTP id z189so88870513itg.0 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 13:25:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc; bh=21gI8LdN/0nzEmQj3zIN7zMQgl9iUoJndKfAe+E9vtU=; b=oZJ/5/QqpLWJCf13QbMFItzgftX6fp4x+F25Ms6lKWo1ZeNvvqmmzUxEx80HnSBJjb ZQb1RXDnyzAJlyIdRvynoQ764vkB2T8A2iQjwV/i+jc0I4wOj417bMAoHolgFtAEGBvB Uc/v9BvHp8hozYWElxyXJkmtmmvC3exnwQjMKLTwthFZXORtuXje7vnpUVRT9EY8agWP JDXh0ywt+zrnMlXw9IvgCtoQWh+Tq4HTGj0t1d0eGhuoJ+/Nwt5iZ9pMHn/rvIzb2agp 3kvov5PkCk89m+t+OJCy7pLzg6oBLR8zn+Nt5m7ylhz5C2mcgd3azv3dcXdgcpheNacm YaMA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=21gI8LdN/0nzEmQj3zIN7zMQgl9iUoJndKfAe+E9vtU=; b=GVYzH4yW81yF+de6qtgCpiTrZgBGbB0qAEcWiYiFxxjIGjQ8o2CmzEMfiNfrfxqBNB MUXSu5SNy+BF3chPCheijHX5oxxMoDhW76rJ+nsqyT+Mo+297E26sBMEzMwIOB375HUu k+sRXQx2uI5At3n9NonqXv4F79PdXnjKH1Qj+/M3eIsVPfO3QeK//HslhGVGX9jcv1y+ +rtqPxqhbQ4Tl6G6uNwwcUA3vcNNXaKVvRn4xj6sj+xtilAsB3d49W/mJaPJSl2/64cH 7gpcuNL46IHo++up3xSG/Z2IQgu0CdtS29soyjezruz/0h48XbV4zJXOxA9HEoC/8Jnv FM+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJ97ouH6vfhZ1lIwOMN1LM/QdrHnqUYSbmHvHFfYeux2PFG4PmhiW6J9m4+42hosqefhSm0de7FklgqZA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.36.64.14 with SMTP id n14mr4514011ita.53.1464294353738; Thu, 26 May 2016 13:25:53 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.20.70 with HTTP; Thu, 26 May 2016 13:25:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160526120929.d677f25281472909476510f5@aei.mpg.de> References: <20160526120929.d677f25281472909476510f5@aei.mpg.de> Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:25:53 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YnyWbxCEBmM1Rk5ayeph9z9GRV8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: xdm and chooser woes From: Kevin Oberman To: =?UTF-8?B?R2Vycml0IEvDvGhu?= Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 20:25:54 -0000 On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Gerrit K=C3=BChn wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a very old-school indirect xdm/chooser list for a couple of > machines (Linux and FreeBSD). This works fine with the chooser running on > a Linux box. The chooser on a FreeBSD box comes up with the chooser list, > but after selection I do not get a login window. Instead, I get the messa= ge > "Cannot connect to xdm" in xdm.log and after some blinking and flashing > of the screen I get the chooser back. This behaviour is always the same, = no > matter if I choose the local (FreeBSD machine) or a different (remote) on= e. > > I can get a login window from a FreeBSD machine just fine when > contacting it directly with "X -query ", but not going over the > chooser on that machine with "X -indirect ". As it works fine using > the chooser from a Linux box, it looks like something is broken between > the chooser and the xdm login on my FreeBSD machine. > Using Google, I found someone describing exactly the same issue a couple > of years ago: > Unfortunately, there is no solution mentioned there. > > Any hints would be greatly appreciated... > > > cu > Gerrit > Unfortunately, reports like this are often lost and never seen by anyone so might fix them, especially when dealing with software that is not commonly used. Mail is transitory for most people and often messages to mail lists are simply skipped when it is not convenient to read them. While it is fine to report these issues to the maintainer, problems should really be reported as bugs to the FreeBSD Bugzilla. https://bugs/freebsd.org/bugzilla It may not be fixed promptly, but at least it won't be forgotten or lost. I just checked and found no report of this problem. Please open a bug and the odds of this being fixed will improve significantly, though not by me as I have not used xdm in at least 20 years and probably could not fix it if I did. -- Kevin Oberman, Part-time goat herder and retired network engineer