Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:30:47 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm and xdmcp Message-ID: <4B58C787.9040800@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20100121185441.GB4125@biollaz.local.sourire.ch> References: <20100121185441.GB4125@biollaz.local.sourire.ch>
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On 21/01/2010 8:54 μ.μ., rhino64@postmail.ch wrote: > Hi All, > Is-it possible to run xdm with remote access through XDMCP protocol on freebsd 8 ? > Yes. I have an entire lab working this way :) > I have tried almost anything: commenting line about port 0 in xdm-config, > This is needed. > modifying Xaccess, starting xdm with parameter "udpPort 177". > > The command "netstat -a" never indicates that a process is listening on that port. > The notes in Xaccess seem to indicate that when a LISTEN line is not present, it works like LISTEN * I found this to be false. Please insert a LISTEN line with your IP address, i.e. LISTEN 10.14.28.10 > With wdm, the listening is possible but I cannot start the X server even if the server alone > is perfectly working and if it is correctly started by xdm. > > I don't want to use kdm or gdm since they are too heavy (almost all kde and gnome should be > installed with them). > > Same here, I use XDM for login - I don't need anything fancy. About 15 terminals running XFCE through a core2quad machine.
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