I am also using Solaris on Sparc but I'm using OpenWindows rather than CDE. I am no expert on CDE but I believe the dtlogin program is the XDMCP listener and therefore you need to get a corrected dtlogin program or switch to the OpenWindows xdm program.
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Tom Schmidt wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Jeff Hall wrote: > > Jeff, > I am using Solaris 8 on SPARC, not Solaris x86. I tried replacing > /usr/openwin/bin/xdm with the X11R6.5.1 version and got the same issue. > I don't think xdm is ever being called because I also removed it and > was still able to successfully lauch Xvnc 3.3.7, but not Xvnc 4.X > releases. > > "/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon" is the parent process I see being run > when the CDE login is being done using Xvnc via inetd. With Xvnc 3.3.7, > this would spawn /usr/dt/bin/Xsession to launch CDE, but with Xvnc 4.X, > Xsession never spawns. > > Any other ideas? > > Thanks...Tom > > > The problem is an incompatibility between Xvnc 4.x and the xdm supplied > > with Solaris 8/9 (maybe 10 also). The solution that worked for me was to > > build X11R6 V4.3.0 from source and use its xdm. > > > > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Tom Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anyone been able to get Xvnc 4.X to work via inetd on Solaris? I > > > have seen other reports here and on Google reporting the same issues, > > > but I have not found a solution. > > > > > > The older Xvnc 3.3.7 works fine with my inetd setup, but I cannot get > > > Xvnc 4.1.1 or E4.1.6 to work. The only change to my Xvnc_inetd wrapper > > > script is the addition of the new required "-SecurityTypes=none" option. > > > I have also tried several other options as well with no success. I > > > get the CDE login window, which correctly prompts for username and > > > password, but then the Xvnc window quits as it fails to run dtlogin. It > > > appears that Xvnc 4.X does not transfer the UID from root to the user > > > correctly. > > > > > > Has anyone got this to work? If so, please let me know what entries to > > > /etc/inetd.conf and Xvnc options are needed to make this work. It is > > > frustrating that even the Enterprise version of Xvnc fails to work > > > properly. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Tom L. Schmidt, Manager/SysAdmin Characterization Equipment > Micron Technology, Inc. http://www.micron.com/ > 8000 S. Federal Way P.O. Box 6 Mail Stop 01-371 Boise, Idaho USA > 83707-0006 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.4schmidts.com/ > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
