Also Note: if I install packages tsclient and xnest in Ubuntu, I can successfully do a XDMCP login on the Ubuntu box to itself. In other words, I can have a gnome desktop within a gnome desktop just fine this way (which uses XDMCP). So maybe it is a Cygwin issue somehow after all...
I'm not sure where the bug is: Cygwin? GDM? Some Gnome component? Maybe I need to install certain additional Cygwin packages related to X.org on the Windows box? Cheers, Dustin. On 4/29/07, Dustin Harriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, I have a Windows XP box where I've installed the latest version of Cygwin (as of two days ago). I want to have a remote Gnome desktop on an Ubuntu 6.10 box, where GDM has been configured to allow XDMCP logins. Using a Cygwin bash shell, I can log into an XFCE desktop just fine with the command "X -query sila :1", (then I choose XFCE session at GDM). See attached screenshot cygwin_to_remote_xfce_no_problem.png. But If I choose Gnome session instead of XFCE, Gnome freezes as it starts up, showing only a grey rectangle in the upper left on a blue background. See attached screenshot cygwin_to_remote_gnome_has_problem.png Cygwin seems to be doing its job well, as the X server has not crashed. The problem seems to be in Ubuntu somewhere. I can't find any helpful error messages in /var/log/ however (on the Ubuntu machine). I've "tail -f"'ed syslog, messages, user.log, daemon.log. Has anyone one this mailing list seen this problem, and can you suggest a fix? I'll also be scouring Ubuntu's launchpad bug database and user forums, and perhaps file a bug there.
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