Re: KDE's XDM broken?

[bgat billgatliff com]

That got it.  Thanks!


b.g.

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:25:36PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> >>>>> "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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