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/usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/xdm-config &

This process runs, but XDM login does not work.  Many times, the
xdm process eventually dumps core.  When I restart the process
manually a few minutes after system boot, it works flawlessly.

Could someone shed light on the proper way to start XDM (I may
misunderstand the right way to configure the /etc/rc?.d files) ?
The Sun documentation does not have any hints on this issue :-(

With best regards,
Ole H. Nielsen
Department of Physics, Building 307
Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Telephone: (+45) 45 93 12 22 - 3187
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Quote:>We have a problem starting XDM (patch 101135-01, "OpenWindows 3.2:
>xdm does not support xdmcp, nor local passwords" installed) at system
>boot time.  We're running Solaris 2.2.  We start xdm from the file
>/etc/rc3.d/S21xdm, containing a line:
>/usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/xdm-config &
>This process runs, but XDM login does not work.  Many times, the
>xdm process eventually dumps core.  When I restart the process
>manually a few minutes after system boot, it works flawlessly.
>Could someone shed light on the proper way to start XDM (I may
>misunderstand the right way to configure the /etc/rc?.d files) ?
>The Sun documentation does not have any hints on this issue :-(

101135-02.tar.Z Solaris 2.2 (all arch)
1135722 xdm login window doesn't come back after 2 logins
1102326 XDM with solaris 2.0  is not able to support the "xdmcp"
        protocol for Xterminals

I have the following script in /etc/init.d/xdm, linked as such:

-rw-r--r--   3 root     other        670 Dec 24 10:23 /etc/init.d/xdm
-rw-r--r--   3 root     other        670 Dec 24 10:23 /etc/rc2.d/K80xdm
-rw-r--r--   3 root     other        670 Dec 24 10:23 /etc/rc3.d/S80xdm

------------
#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
start)
        OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin
        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OPENWINHOME/lib
        PATH="/usr/openwin/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc"
        export OPENWINHOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH

        /usr/openwin/bin/xdm
        echo Starting Sun X11 xdm.
        ;;
stop)

        pid=`ps -ef |grep /usr/openwin/bin/xdm | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
        case "$pid" in
        "")
                # not there
                ;;
        *)
                echo Stopping Sun X11 xdm.
                kill $pid
                ;;
        esac
        ;;
esac
---------------

Ian D

| /usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/xdm-config &

had the same problem on Sun 4.1.2 for a loooooong time.

My final solution in rc.local file:

#
# start xdm - display manager for Xterminals
#
echo Starting XDM...
( cd /usr/openwin/lib/xdm ;\
  OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin  ;\
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/bin ;\
  export OPENWINHOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH ;\
  /usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config xdm-config \
)

The most important thing is:

Do not start it as /usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/xdm-config
but: cd /usr/openwin/lib/xdm; /usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config xdm-config

ie. cd to the directory with the configuration file and then run
'xdm -config xdm-config'

Tomasz

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