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Re: Lost my GDM login X-Terminal



On Sun, 2003-04-27 at 19:16, Donald Spoon wrote:
> Roman Brodylo wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > with help from this list I managed to get my old pc running as a
> > graphical X-Terminal, GDM displaying the chooser from sarge/new pc.
> > 
> > Somehow I've lost it - I was tinkering with a new kernel, alsa sound on
> > the host in the mean time.
> > 
> > I can ping <name of new pc> from the old pc(x-terminal), but if I 
> > X -query <name of new pc> I just get a grey screen with the x-pointer.
> > 
> > Once again asking for your help,
> > 
> > Roman Brodylo
> > 
> 
> It is not clear WHICH computer you were playing around with in the above 
> note.  Was the new kernel & alsa sound on the "new" computer that is 
> running the chooser?  It sure sounds like XDMCP is not running somewhere....

Yes, the new computer. On "old" im using a minimal woody installation -
it should just start X and let me login to the "new" one.

> 
> Try the following:  "X -indirect <name of new PC>.  This should at least 
> give you a "chooser" screen with a listing of all the available XDMCP 

Gives me the same gray screen, x-pointer, nothing else.  

> enabled computers on the network.  Tell us which one is missing.... or 

I just have these two connected.

> clarify what is / isn't happening a bit more.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Don Spoon-
> 
> 
> 
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