Not getting login using xdmcp

[Harold L Hunt II]

Andrew,

Did you see my email about the Internet Connection Firewall?  Check out 
this email:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-12/msg00318.html

Let me know if any of those things applies.

Harold

Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> Now that Christmas is over I'd like to address this problem again. Let's 
> recap.
> 
> I have a SuSE 8.2 installation. I am attempting to use Cygwin/XFree86 to 
> start an X session using XDMCP. XDMCP is not on by default so I have 
> performed the following changes:
> 
>    * Enabled XDMCP in /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc by setting
>      "Enable=true" for the [Xdmcp] section.
>    * Modified /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config to comment out
>      DisplayManager.requestPort by putting a "!" in the first character.
>    * Uncommented the "*" line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and
>      /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/Xaccess. Note there are two different
>      lines in each file. The difference seems to be one is of the form
>      of "* CHOOSER BROADCAST" and just the plain "*". I've tried all
>      combinations to no avail.
>    * I have only one NIC.
>    * I've tried xwin -query sonslinux -from adefaria, same problem.
>    * Sonslinux sits right next to me and I can login using KDE just
>      fine on the console - I just can't get a remote X session from my
>      XP box to put up a chooser.
>    * XWin.log always seems to indicate "XDM: too many retransmissions"
>      as the problem (Sample XWin.log attached). Note that XDM: too many
>      retransmissions only shows up after waiting for a while.
>    * Nothing listed in /var/log/messages nor /var/log/kdm.log on sonslinux.
> 
> In all cases, after making a configuration change I restart kdm.
> 
> Help!
> 
> 
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> 
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1600 h 1200
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
> InitOutput - Error reading config file
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Allowing PrimaryDD
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> InitOutput - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
> winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - User w: 1600 h: 1200
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Current w: 1600 h: 1200
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 1126 1600
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 1126 1600
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1594 h 1095 r 1594 l 0 b 1095 t 0
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed -  Returning
> winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Creating primary surface
> winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Created primary surface
> winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Attached clipper to primary surface
> winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 6376
> winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow pitch: 6376
> winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow stride: 1594
> winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32
> winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> winFinishScreenInitFB - returning
> winScreenInit - returning
> InitOutput - Returning.
> MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
> XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel
> (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
> (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) 
> (EE) No primary keyboard configured
> (==) Using compiletime defaults for keyboard
> Rules = "xfree86" Model = "pc101" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)"
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!
> winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 797 547
> winBlockHandler - Releasing pmServerStarted
> winBlockHandler - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned
> winDeinitClipboard - Noting shutdown in progress
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> winDeinitClipboard - Noting shutdown in progress
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress