Cygwin-xfree installation problems

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

Can you post your XDMCP command?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Menzel [ mailto:uwe.menzel@genpat.uu.se ]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:59 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Cygwin-xfree installation problems
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I installed cygwin-xfree (4.1.0) on Windows 2000 to connect
> to my alpha server.
> Installation proceeded without problems.
> I tried a remote session via XDMCP, as described in the
> documentattion
> ( http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-session.html )
> When I try to connect to the server, the usual login screen appears
> asking for login and password. Subsequently, the screen appears
> with the text "Starting Common Desktop environment .."
> This was the moment I was nearly happy since I thought it would
> work.
> However, the screen disappears and the login screen appears again
> ...
> So I run in circles all the time.
> No error messages, neighter on Windows, nor on UNIX.
> I got no clue how to proceed.
> Does somebody have an idea ????
> 
> 
> 	Thanks, Uwe
> --
> 
> Uwe Menzel
> Department of Genetics and Pathology
> Rudbeck Laboratory
> Uppsala University
> SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
> 
> voice: +46-18-6111098
> email: uwe.menzel@genpat.uu.se