mosh@TAURUS.BITNET (11/19/90)
Hello Netlanders,
I am running IRIX 3.3.1 on 4D-25S. The machine is a server for about 20
Xterminals.
Release 3.3.1 of IRIX have X11R4 which means that the xdm client supports
the XDMCP. I am trying to connect an NCD X-19 terminal which runs version
2.2.1 of NCD's X-server. This version also supports the XDMCP protocol
according to NCD's documentation.
The problem is that the xdm program doesn't open a login window on the
X-terminal. Using etherfind (I have a sun machine connected to the same
net) I can see that the X-terminal does a broadcast on the net and that
xdm is listening to port 177 as it should, but for some reason there is no
conversation between them. (The usual way with Xservers file works fine).
Has anybody succeeded in connecting this (or other) X-terminal with IRIX?
Am I missing some configuration flag? Is it a software problem with IRIX's
version of X (I know it works under SUN-OS)?
You can mail me directly or to the net. I read this newsgroup regullary.
Moshe Shemeshchk@alias.UUCP (C. Harald Koch) (11/24/90)
In <2353@taurus.BITNET> mosh@TAURUS.BITNET writes: > I can see that the X-terminal does a broadcast on the net and that > xdm is listening to port 177 as it should, but for some reason there is no > conversation between them. (The usual way with Xservers file works fine). > Has anybody succeeded in connecting this (or other) X-terminal with IRIX? Yes. > Am I missing some configuration flag? Is it a software problem with IRIX's > version of X (I know it works under SUN-OS)? The XDM code as distributed from MIT for System V based machines, creates the socket for listening to XDMCP requests, but then ignores the socket completely. If you have the X11R4 source tree, then you can kludge a solution which enables the XDMCP support, but at the expense of disabling support for terminals in the /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers file. The real fix for System V machines requires a large re-write, because the xdm program relies heavily on BSD signal semantics. I have reported this bug to SGI, but haven't heard back from my contacts there. If you have source and want my patches, send me mail! -- C. Harald Koch VE3TLA Alias Research, Inc., Toronto ON Canada chk%alias@csri.utoronto.ca chk@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu chk@chk.mef.org "Open the Zamboni! We're coming out!" - Kathrin Garland and Anson James, 2299