I think there is some confusion here regarding terminology. In addition to 'xdm' being a specific display manager implementation or package, it also tends to be a generic way to reference whatever display manager is running, which can be confusing. Probably because xdm is the legacy display manager and many of the others now used to be based off of it, including sharing the configuration files.
VNC uses *whatever* display manager is running. However that display manager must have XDMCP enabled (most don't do it by default) or you will get the blank grey screen. So to solve your problem, you must figure out how to enable XDMCP for kdm. Older versions of kdm used the 'xdm' configuration files. BUT, newer versions of kdm are moving to their own configuration files like '/etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc' or equivalent and NOT the xdm specific files. 'gdm' uses gdm.conf (/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on my Debian system). Just find where your versions of the kdm configuration files (kdmrc, Xaccess,. . .) are and edit them. In the kdm file, look for the XDMCP section and enable xdmcp and make sure it is on port 177. This should work unless you have a busted version of kdm. Don't forget to edit the other relevant files like Xaccess. If you still have problems you may need to install xdm or gdm and use it instead. KDE will still run on top of these other display managers. I have been fighting with getting kdm running on my Debian (woody-testing) distribution, but all I get is a blank screen until I switch to gdm. I don't know what kdm is looking for in that case because I have tried everything except what works apparently. I ended up using gdm instead and it worked the first time. I finally removed kdm from my system. E-mail me if you have more questions. I haven't specifically used Suse 7.3, only Suse 7.0. Jeff >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/09/01 04:32PM >>> This may not help but -inetd uses the normal xinitrc file not the vnc specific one. Evan On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:07:45 +0000 Chris Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my SuSE 7.3 system, xdm isn't setup, but kdm is. Unfortunately, VNC uses > xdm as the default. > > As a result using -inetd mode to start VNC sessions isn't very successful > (blank screen). Is there any configuration file to change to make it use kdm > rather than xdm? Or is this hard coded into the VNC sources? > > Or are there any other methods of getting VNC to work with kdm on SuSE 7.3 > > Many thanks, > > -- > Cheers, Chris Howells -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP key: http://chrishowells.co.uk/pgp.txt > KDE: http://www.koffice.org, http://edu.kde.org, http://usability.kde.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
