[K12OSN] How do i enable XDMCP in K12ltsp 4.2.0 ?

[Kjell Andersson]

Ok, thanks i'll check that as well !

/ Kjell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Petre Scheie" <petre at maltzen.net>
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] How do i enable XDMCP in K12ltsp 4.2.0 ?
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:24:52 -0600

> 
> Just adding my two cents to muddy the waters: I moved my test 
> server the other day; it has only one client, and also is my 
> desktop machine.  After the move, the client hung at trying to load 
> the kernel, due to a closed port courtesy of iptables.  Opened that 
> port, rebooted the client--and it hung at the nfs mounts.  Opened 
> those ports in iptables, reboot the client--and got the grey screen 
> with the X.  The LTSP docs say the client isn't communicating with 
> the Window Manager, which happens on port 177.  Opened *that* port 
> in iptables, and now everything else is working.  I suspect that 
> prior to moving I had just turned iptables off.  I just offer this 
> as something to check, since before I started opening ports, I went 
> through checking to make sure everything was running--tftp, xdmcp, 
> etc.--and it was, but it turned out not to be related to the 
> problem.
> 
> Petre
> 
> Eric Harrison wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> >> Every time I run ltspadmin it tells me XDMCP is not
> >> running, even though my system is working fine.  Maybe
> >> some of my config files aren't exactly right, but like
> >> I said, it is working for me.
> >
> >
> > I just checked a fresh install and ltspadmin also reports
> > that XDMCP is not running. Ltspadmin used to recognize
> > the default K12LTSP install settings, I'll have to look
> > to see what changed.
> >
> >> I think if you get a gray screen with an X in the
> >> middle and it hangs there, then XDMCP is the culprit.
> >> But if you don't even get the gray screen, then I
> >> think maybe it's a problem w/ your video mode and
> >> you'll have to take a look at lts.conf
> >>
> >> ...but I'm no expert
> >
> >
> > DNS problems can also cause the grey-screen-of-death.
> >
> > Kjell, can you tell us a little bit about your setup?
> > Is it a default install (two ethernet cards, with eth0
> > having the IP address of 192.168.0.254)?
> >
> > Did you do anything different or special?
> >
> > -Eric
> >
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