RE: XDM seem to hang until I reboot.
Jay,
I am a little confused. If you are running Exceed from an NT box and
connecting to debian, then exceed is the xserver. You don't need an
xserver on the debian box (or even fonts, for that matter).
If you are also using the window manager on debian, then you have to be
using single window mode in exceed.
I use exceed but I let nt be the window manager. It's a lot simpler and
your mouse clicks and movements don't have to go over the network.
How about a little more detail on the setup...
jim
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From: Jay Barbee[SMTP:sysjyb@adm105.adm.louisville.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 8:34 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
Subject: XDM seem to hang until I reboot.
Hello all,
I am running a Debian 1.3.1 install with the basics for X. I use xdm
to login via WinNT/Exceed v5. I have used dftp up update all the X
based stuff from ftp.debian.org and I use afterstep as my window
manager.
What I am having problems with is a lockup or hangup from XDM. If I
am running a X session, it is possible to hangup, and I cannot seem
to run anything. I cannot click on an XTERM button, or even run
xterm if I have a free window up. When I do run a new 'xterm &' from
an available window, after a certain time it tells me it cannot write
to the display.
If I hit the "Restart Window Manager", nothing gets returned, but I
can still type in the xterm that are already open; xload, xmem
seem to update and working okay even in this state. But nothing new
can be opened.
After all this, if I kill the Exceed session, and reopen. I see my
Linux box in the chooser (with correct load), I select the server,
but then it sits there. No login screen will ever be returned.
I have killed XDM and restarted it. I killed inetd and restarted it.
but I cannot get any response out of XDM until I totally reboot the
server. Once it has rebooted, all is working again. I do not run X
on the console (Diamond Speedstar <grin>) so I am not sure if this is
a problem with an Xserver (I use the default server (VGA or SVGA
whatever it is)).
Any ideas? Any thoughts? I have since gone back and reinstalled
some of the old DEB packages (xbase, fvwm-common, xserver, xfont)
from the Master CD v1.3.1, but have not had much time to test it.
It happends randomly. It also happends to a friend of mine with a
similar config.
Thanks for your help,
--Jay Barbee
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