Well, I did both the ps -e and the ps -A, and neither showed any "dm"s running. This after a cold reboot.
When the Mandrake box boots up, it goes right to the KDE desktop. When I log out of that, it drops to a console type view, then, after a moment, goes to a graphical login prompt that says "Welcome to [machine name]" at the top, and has options for user/pass, session type, a menu option to restart the x server, and a shutdown option. I'm using a straight install from the Mandrake 9.0 ISO images, and I tried to select every possible package during the setup process. I just assumed that kdm would be running, as if it were some underpinning of kde. Remember, I don't know anything about Linux! I have used eXceed in the past to log into Sun and IBM unix boxes, so I understand the process, although that was almost 10 years ago. How do I get the necessary services running correctly? -Curt From: "redhatcat" <redhatcat at fastdial dot net> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:12:38 -0500 Subject: Re: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP >do a > # ps -e | grep dm > > If you sre running a display manager ( xdm , kdm , gdm ) it should show up > >IF you see "gdm" the problem is probably by running "gdmconfig" as root and going to the >xdmcp tab and clicking it enabled > >Keep in mind if you ran "startx" or something like that to get "X" ; you don't have a display manager ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold L Hunt II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:29 AM Subject: Re: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP > Curt, > > First, lets just double-check that Mandrake 9.0 is still using kdm and > that your machine was configured to use kdm: > > [harold@foo harold]$ ps -A | grep .dm > 31622 ? 00:00:00 kdm > 31637 ? 00:00:00 kdm > 31651 ? 00:00:00 kdm_greet > > So, run ``ps -A | grep .dm'' as above. If some other ?dm is listed, > then that would explain why editing the kdm config file didn't change > anything. > > Harold > > > Curt Lindner wrote: > > OK, I'm really confused now. Yes, I do see a graphical login screen, and > > I'm logging into the KDE desktop. > > > > However, I did a "ps -A | grep kdm" and didn't get any tasks. (My Unix > > command knowledge is about 10 years ago rusty). > > > > I ran it on the Linux machine, and tried again, but no different result. > > kdm does now show up as a task, though. > > > > This is getting really frustrating, because now I can't even log in via VNC > > reliably, as the server keeps mysteriously quitting (crashing?) on my > > Mandrake box. Geez, I'd like to have an alternative server on my network, > > but XP is looking pretty good right now! > > > > Thanks again, but I guess my problem isn't obvious enough. With all the > > init-type files squirrled away in a half-dozen different directories, I > > really don't see how you Linux folks can figure anything out! :-) > > > > -Curt > > > > From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo at msu dot edu> > > To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com> > > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 15:08:38 -0500 > > Subject: RE: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP > > > > > >>I don't know that Port=177 and Willing=[anything] are necessary. But then, > >>I do not know much about that. > > > > > >>What I do know is that you have to restart kdm in order for those changes > > > > to > > > >>take effect. The easiest way to do that, short of restarting your machine, > >>is to drop to run level 3, then go back to run level 5. > > > > > >>You do that by running: > >>init 3 > >>[wait about a minute] > >>init 5 > > > > > >>One side question: you DO see a graphical login screen when you sit down at > >>your linux machine, right? If not, you aren't running kdm so XDMCP > >>connections are not being accepted simply because you are not running a > >>program that accepts them. > > > > > >>Harold > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Curt Lindner > > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:18 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP > > > > > > Harold, I did set "Enable=True" in the kdmrc file. > > > > Per the XDMCP-HOWTO, I also set Port=177, and I note now that the Willing= > > keword is blank. > > > > Was I not supposed to set Port=177? Should I set "Willing=" to some other > > value? > > > > Thanks for the response. > > > > -Curt > > > > > >>>From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo at msu dot edu> > >>>To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com> > >>>Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:05:57 -0500 > >>>Subject: RE: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP > >>>Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com > >>> > >>>Curt, > >>> > >>>You may have read a lot of FAQs, but did you read: > >> > >>http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-mandrake-8.1-xd m > >>cp? > >> > >> > >>>That should help you out. Please email the mailing list if that solves > >> > >>your problem. > >> > >>Harold > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Curt Lindner > >>Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 9:10 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP > >> > >> > >>I'm a complete Linux/Cygwin/Xfree newbie, so please go easy on me! > >> > >>I've been banging my head the last few evenings to try and set up Xfree on > >>my XP machine to allow me to have remote sessions on a PC I have running > >>Mandrake 9.0. I have read everything I can find on the newsgroups and on > >>the cygwin websites, and the how-to's and mini-how-to's on the LDP site. > >>I've set all the settings I can find to set in Xaccess, xdm-config, kdmrc, > >>etc., etc. I cannot solve this problem. > >> > >>I can start Xfree86 on my XP box using the batch file provided with the > >>standard installation. I can telnet into the Mandrake box. I can use > >>"xhosts +", then export the DISPLAY to my XP machine, and successfully > > > > open > > > >>an xterm/emacs/etc session on the XP machine. I can also run VNC just > >>fine both ways (XP to Mandrake & Mandrake to XP). I can also use Terminal > >>Services from Mandrake to XP. > >> > >>So, why can't I get a login screen when I edit the batch file to start > > > > XWin > > > >>using "-query mandrake-ip, -from xp-ip" ?? > >> > >>I always thought I knew my way around an operating system, I know how to > > > > set > > > >>up router filters, but man, this has really humbled me!! :-) I'm amazed > >>that you folks can keep this stuff straight! > >> > >>Thanks in advance for any pointers that might be provided. I really don't > >>want to use VNC, as it's not as refined as the X windows option. I'm sure > >>you folks agree! > >> > >>-Curt > >> > > > > >
