Re: KDE's XDM broken?

["Martin K. Petersen" <mkp linuxcare com>]

>>>>> "Dirk" == Dirk von Suchodoletz <dirk goe net> writes:

Dirk> Did you check that the xdmcp port is open (177 udp)? In most
Dirk> newer installations is a line in xdm-config:

Dirk> ! SECURITY: do not listen for XDMCP or Chooser requests !
Dirk> Comment out this line if you want to manage X terminals with xdm
Dirk> !  !DisplayManager.requestPort: 0

Dirk> wich is not commented out, which prevents xdm/kdm to listen to
Dirk> the network socket.

Yep.  And GDM has a similar option:

[xdmcp]
enable=1

in gdm.conf

But only do this if you're safely behind a firewall blocking UDP port
177 (and preferably all X traffic too).

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Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
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