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Hi,
I've got a LAN between a Linux machine under RedHat 6.0 and a Windows NT
machine.
I would like to access my Linux machine remotely via the XDMCP protocol.
I've configured my Linux system to start automatically X-Windows upon
start-up. I think the program launched is PreFDM ( the one of GNOME ).
But when I try a XDMCP connection, I can't reach the host ( I can telnet
and ping with no problem ).
Thanx for your help.

Hi Gomor,

In order to get XDMCP working you do not need to start X on your
machine. Just type in "xdm" as root and it's working.

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Yes, I have do that. But I launch gdm.
Then when I try a XDMCP connection with X-Win Pro or another X-Server for
Windows, I can't reach the host. But I can telnet with no problem.
I can telnet with the name of the machine or with the IP, so the problem
doesn't come from that.
Thanx for your help.

Hi Gomor,

It's my fault I did start xdm from an xterminal and so did not notice it
would have started X if called from the console. But I assume I can be
configured not to do so - just don't feel like searching for.

Quote:> Then when I try a XDMCP connection with X-Win Pro or another X-Server for
> Windows, I can't reach the host. But I can telnet with no problem.

I tried gdm too. When I did start it the first time it did work localay
but a X-Terminal (TekXPress XP27) did not come along with. After this I
did look into gdm.conf but not found any switch turning XDMCP on or off.
So I just modifed "enabled=0" in section "debug" to "enabled=1". After
restarting gdm it then did work - don't ask me why. Reversing that
change and restarting the X-Terminal it again did not come up with the
greeting screen. Seems the disabled debug switch does trigger an error.

Hope this does the trick for you too.

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