F9 and xdmcp

[drobbins]

in F9 gdmsetup is gone and you have to edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf by hand
I added Enable=true to the [xdmcp] section
tried to connect using xming from a windows box
no go

used this for info

http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration

any ideas?
Dave

[Wayne]

As F9 hasn't officially been released yet, moved to F9 Alpha/Beta

Wayne

[Miroslav Pragl]

Hello,
same problem with FC9 final. Tried:

/etc/gdm/custom.conf:
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

[chooser]

[debug]
#Enable=True

[security]
DisallowTCP=false

[daemon]


but still -nolisten tcp:

May 16 07:37:40 WSNAME gdm-simple-slave[2203]: DEBUG: GdmServer: Starting X server process: /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-cookie-XX26ZZAU-for-gdm -nolisten tcp

I spent few hours playing with custom.conf instead of 3 clicks in gdmsetup which has been dprecated. Also there's no template for gdm/custom.conf anywhere, no help ... please help.

Thx

MP

[Mike Parlett]

Hi

I have the same problems. 2.22 gdm is not bleeding edge its bleeding painful

The schema can be found at

http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gdm/trun...in?view=markup

The following post seems to confirm the worst, it doesnt work

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux...ra.devel/84965

So all users beware. If you were using XDMCP to maintain multiple systems ( I do ) then 2.22 is a bad move at this time.


Mike

[rboice]

This inability to get xdmcp listening breaks a lot of things like LTSP.
I was hoping to update to F9 but without this working I can't.
Anyone suggest a workaround?

This is an easy test to see xdmcp is not listening:
netstat -ap |grep xdmcp

I've tried editing /etc/gdm/custom.conf

[Malbrouck]

AAaargh I have the same problem !

Is there any workaround to have xdmcp available again with F9 ?

[irie111]

AAaargh I have the same problem !

Is there any workaround to have xdmcp available again with F9 ?

It is now a widely known issue, and a lot of people are working on it... I hope that by weeks end, it should be resolved... I think that the programers really missed the ball on this "xdmcp" issue with a lack of the ohh' so conveinent "gdmsetup" config utility on FC9, I haved used FireWing1's VNC server setup for a long time, and value its functionality on my home lab, and more importantly work client servers... UGH!!!...

Hang tight, and everybody keep messing with it for solutions...

irie111

[jcasey]

Any updates on the GDM xdmcp issue? I saw there was an update to fc9 this weekend, but gdm was not listed in the update.

[Miroslav Pragl]

I temporarily switched to KDE/kdm. Gnome is somehow problamatic anyway: I use Xming xserver - no problem with KDE, not working with Gnome

MP

[Malbrouck]

I'm still waiting a fix for this as well...

[wainangkwok]

The gdm is not responsible for the change in custom.conf.
So, it do not listen for tcp port 6000 or udp 177.
In another words, it do not support remote x server through telnet and xdmcp.
I am waiting for the upcoming patch.

[Malbrouck]

Does anybody has some info about this upcoming patch ?

[dr death]

No info about the patch I'm afraid, but the bugzilla entry is here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446224

[observer]

init 3
rpm -e gdm
rpm Uvh gdm-2.20.5-1.fc8 fedorainfinity-gdm-theme-8.0.1-1.fc8

there are no missing dependencies and it will work just fine.

[Malbrouck]

Hello observer, thanks for the trick.

However If I downgrade to fc8 gdm I'll have some troubles next time I run a "yum update" on my system, isn't it ? Yum will upgrade to gdm 2.22 again and the problem will be back.

I'm still hoping xdmcp will be part of gdm again one day...