On 4 Jul 2003, Kenneth Tindle wrote: > I decided to try to get gdm instead of xdm working with LTSP. Not a good > idea. If you have Red Hat 9, that is. > > I dropped, into /etc/sysconfig/desktop: > > DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME > > and restored the original /etc/X11/prefdm line to /etc/inittab. > > Made sure that the Enable=true line is in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf. > > Rebooted, mostly for laughs. > > ps ax showed gdm-binary running. netstat -anp | grep 177 showed gdm-binary > as having grabbed the expected port. > > LTSP client machine: XDMCP fatal error: Manager unwilling Host unwilling > > Hmm.. /etc/hosts is correct, XDM_SERVER is set in lts.conf. > > Uncommented the line in Xservers to see if gdm would work to log in at the > server. Yep, even gdmsetup changes, like 'theme', work. > > THIS TIME I did RTFM, but- some days you get the bear, some days he gets you. > To summarize, on RH9 I: > > a) had happy indications from netstat > b) had Enable=true in gdm.conf > c) had XDM_SERVER set in lts.conf > d) had a valid entry in /etc/hosts > > and no remote login via gdm. Local login OK. > > I put Xservers back, dropped DISPLAYMANAGER=XDM into /etc/sysconfig/desktop, > and rebooted. As xdm-config was OK, the LTSP client machine could log in, no > sweat. > > I'm venturing that gdm, LTSP 3.0x, and Red Hat Linux 9 are broken when > stirred together. Anybody that has beaten this- give us details!
wrong venture ;-) gdm and ltsp 3.x and rh9 work happily together - vide k12osn distro that mixes tem successfully. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
