Can't type in login window via XDMCP

[Jay Smith]

Jae,

I have been told on this list that it "shouldn't" (or was it "doesn't"?) 
make a difference, however, when logging into an RH8 box, I *had* to put 
the -query as the last element on the line.  Try this to see if it makes 
any difference (you seem to be having somewhat different problems, thus I 
am not sure...)

c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xwin -from 192.168.1.4 -query zephyr.mydomain.com

The other thing I wonder about is fonts.  I am ignorant on the subject, but 
is there a chance that not all the fonts needed are being loaded (on either 
end?)

Jay

jae.ellers@exgate.tek.com said the following on 11/17/2003 02:13 PM:
> Hi folks,
> First thanks to all who contribute.  Xfree on Cygwin has been great.
> However, I was seeing 2Gb+ XWin.log files and felt I needed to update.  SO I
> updated today and now I can't login via XDMCP.  Here's the command line I
> use:
> 
> c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xwin -query zephyr.mydomain.com -from 192.168.1.4
> 
> The system I'm logging into is a RH ES2.1 server.  I've been using the same
> setup for months now.
> 
> The problem is that I can't type in the login window.  Nothing appears.  The
> only thing I can see getting thru is the Caps Lock, which I find very
> strange.
> 
> Even if I start xwin and then twm and an xterm I can't type in the xterm.
> 
> I do see a message in /tmp/XWin.log:
> (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
> InitOutput - Error reading config file
> 
> Do I need a config file?  I haven't used one before.
> 
> I found this message:
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00303.html and tested
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/devel/server/XWin-4.3.0-20-Test01.exe.bz2
> and I can login.  So it looks like the problem is in the new WaitFor.c code.
> 
> Now I'm hung at a blank screen, though.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  I'm hosed for the time being.
> 
> Thanks
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jae Ellers					Tektronix, Inc.
> Jae dot ellers at tek dot com		(503) 627-3622

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