connecting to KDM using XDMCP?

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Bang, Steinar wrote:

> I have edited /etc/X11/kdm/Xaccess (removed the # 
> comment in front of the first "*"), and restarted
> kdm.
> 
> That's what I would need to do to make it listen
> to UDP, I think...?
> 
> When I try to start XWin.exe in such a way that it
> connects to the kdm, the X display window opens
> with the default background.  Then nothing happens
> for a while, until the error message
> 	XDM: too many retransmissions
> is written to the console.

This means the xserver can not connect to the xdmcp server.
 
> Does anyone know if it is possible to see any logs
> on the server side, if kdm has seen the UDP requests
> from cygwin-xfree?

Since kdm is a modified xdm, you might get some debug output by
starting kdm with the option "-debug 5". If not, you might want
to check the kdm manpage or documentation.

bye
    ago
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