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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Solved: problems using XDM Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 16:07:27 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 25 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <2444c5bb.u9t27e.bf3f6@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39013 It appears that my system which uses Ethernet for local (in-house) networking, and SLIP for remote network (including Internet) connection, was having an identity crisis of sorts. When I would start up "X -query <remote host running XDM> <other options>", X would start up, and just sit there. Looking that the XDM log on the remote machine showed that it thought that it was talking to the hostname associated with my Ethernet card (both hostnames are DNS registered). I am not sure just WHY this happens, but to get XDM to work, I disabled the Ethernet interface, unassigned its IP address, added an IP alias of this second address to my SLIP interface, and voila! - I am now able to get the remote XDM's login and window manager. I had played around with adding/changing routes and ARP entries in both machines - but to no avail. I also tried to make route/ARP changes in the terminal server that I connect to, but also to no avail. I also had tried changing Xaccess, Xservers, and Xsession - again to no avail. In the end, it appears that my XDM problem was some kind of routing problem. I would like to thank everyone for their various suggestions. My suggestion to anyone new with XDM - don't bother with the XDM files unless you need to, and only after you have gotten it to work, so you know what to expect.