Xvnc + XDMCP
Hi All, Is there anyone who managed recently to start Xvnc with XDMCP on FreeBSD? I have been struggling with this for a few days already. After switching xdm to debug mode, I noticed that Xvnc does not contact xdm at all! Then obviuosly only the grey screen opens with the mouse cursor, no loging window. Xvnc seems to completely ignore the "-query localhost" argument, why? (Starting X with "-query localhost" works fine, I can see the XDMCP messages exchanged with xdm.) Any idea? (Just upgraded to vnc-4.1.3_1 but no avail.) Cheers, Balazs ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Xvnc + XDMCP
Is there a more appropriate list to address this question to? Thanks. B. > From: sbre...@hotmail.com > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Xvnc + XDMCP > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:32:27 + > > Hi All, > > Is there anyone who managed recently to start Xvnc with XDMCP on FreeBSD? > > I have been struggling with this for a few days already. After switching xdm > to debug mode, I noticed that Xvnc does not contact xdm at all! Then obviuosly > only the grey screen opens with the mouse cursor, no loging window. > > Xvnc seems to completely ignore the "-query localhost" argument, why? > (Starting X with "-query localhost" works fine, I can see the XDMCP messages > exchanged with xdm.) > > Any idea? > > (Just upgraded to vnc-4.1.3_1 but no avail.) > > Cheers, > Balazs > ___ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _ Drag n dropGet easy photo sharing with Windows Live Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Xvnc + XDMCP
Thanks for your answer. You're right, the BSD machine has a local istallation
of XDM, X11 and VNC. I am a happy user :) of Symbian on E90, for which the VNC
viewer got ported (unfortunately no X server port yet), so I can have full
access to my home server over 3G phone even from the office with strict
firewall.
As far as I understood when Xvnc (or the vncserver wrapper) is started, an X
server and a VNC server is started in the same process. Then this Xvnc process
should contact the local XDM for the login window ("-query localhost"
argument), which does not happen. Xvnc does not even try to send the XDMCP
query packet to XDM. XDM is running fine.
Could the FreeBSD port of VNC be the problem?
Just spent too many hours to give up now... The workaround now is to (1) log
in to the server with Putty, (2) start the Xvnc manually, (3) exit from Putty,
(4) start the VNC viewer on the phone. Ideally (1), (2) and (3) could be saved
if the login would be handled by Xvnc through XDM (and Xvnc started from
inetd).
Cheers,
Balazs
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