benno@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (benno blumenthal) (03/22/91)
We are running IRIX 3.3, and xdm doesn't seem to support XDMCP (it is awfully hard to tell why a program does not respond to a port it is supposed to be listening too, so I cannot be too sure about what exactly is going on). Back in Dec90, I called the hotline, and they cheerfully told me that it doesn't work. They also said that they were not too sure whether it would ever be fixed, since XDMCP only exists to talk to X-terminals and SGI does not make them. This was not the answer I wanted. My question is this: has SGI fixed this bug in 4.0? Are you ever going to fix it? Is there some alternative to xdm which makes fixing xdm pointless? I think it should be pretty clear that supporting x-terminals is in SGI's interest -- X-terminals are useless in a vacuum, and they tend to make people buy bigger and better machines so they can hook up lots of x-terminals to them. Benno Blumenthal Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University Palisades NY 10964 (914) 359-2900 x350 internet: benno@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu or benno@rainbow.ldgo.columbia.edu bitnet: benno%lamont.ldgo@columbia.edu
spence@snake.esd.sgi.com (Spencer Murray) (03/22/91)
In article <3518@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu>, benno@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (benno blumenthal) writes: |> We are running IRIX 3.3, and xdm doesn't seem to support XDMCP (it is |> awfully hard to tell why a program does not respond to a port it is |> supposed to be listening too, so I cannot be too sure about what exactly |> is going on). Back in Dec90, I called the hotline, and they cheerfully |> told me that it doesn't work. They also said that they were not too |> sure whether it would ever be fixed, since XDMCP only exists to talk |> to X-terminals and SGI does not make them. |> |> This was not the answer I wanted. My question is this: has SGI fixed |> this bug in 4.0? Are you ever going to fix it? Is there some alternative |> to xdm which makes fixing xdm pointless? |> |> I think it should be pretty clear that supporting x-terminals is in SGI's |> interest -- X-terminals are useless in a vacuum, and they tend to make |> people buy bigger and better machines so they can hook up lots of x-terminals |> to them. |> |> Benno Blumenthal Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University |> Palisades NY 10964 (914) 359-2900 x350 |> |> internet: benno@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu |> or benno@rainbow.ldgo.columbia.edu |> bitnet: benno%lamont.ldgo@columbia.edu The above-mentioned bug has been fixed and will be available in 4.0. spence@sgi.com window systems silicon graphics, inc.