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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