Jeremy, For starters, did you restart kdm after you changed the setting in kdmrc?
You should be able to leave out the -from parameer now. Do you have multiple network cards in your NT machine, or token ring? Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Wilkins > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: XDM: too many retransmissions - with Linux Mandrake > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get X to connect to linux mandrake running in a virtual > machine (sadly I don't have access to multiple computers). I'm using the > command line > Xwin -once -query linux -from nt > > but X times out with the error XDM: too many retransmissions. > > It seems that the linux box is refusing the XDMCP connection. > > The archives and FAQ both state that I only need to change the [Xdmcp] > section in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file to Enabled=true. Which I have > done. But still no luck, I've also tried modifying the settings for xdm, > setting the port to connect to as 177, and moving the > /usr/bin/kdm program. > > My Xaccess file should allow direct connections from any machines (that > seems to be the default setup). > > Any thoughts? > > Jeremy >
