xdmcp not working

Laszlo Nagy gandalf at shopzeus.com
Mon Nov 26 08:26:11 PST 2007


Laszlo Nagy wrote:
> On a client machine I invoke this command:
>
> X -broadcast
>
> On the server side, gdm is runnning with [debug] enabled=true and this 
> is logged:
>
> Nov 21 13:23:38 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: decode_packet: 
> GIOCondition 1
> Nov 21 13:23:38 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: XDMCP: Received 
> opcode QUERY from client :
> Nov 21 13:23:38 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: 
> gdm_xdmcp_host_allow: client->hostname is 192.168.0.139
> Nov 21 13:23:38 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: XDMCP: Sending 
> WILLING to
> Nov 21 13:23:41 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: decode_packet: 
> GIOCondition 1
> Nov 21 13:23:41 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: XDMCP: Received 
> opcode QUERY from client :
> Nov 21 13:23:41 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: 
> gdm_xdmcp_host_allow: client->hostname is 192.168.0.139
> Nov 21 13:23:41 cassiopeia gdm-binary[1569]: DEBUG: XDMCP: Sending 
> WILLING to
>
> This is repeating continuously. On the client side, I see the X server 
> with gray background, without windows.
>
>
> ipfw on the server side (running gdm):
>
> 00100 624 60642 allow ip from any to any via lo0
> 00200 0 0 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8
> 00300 0 0 deny ip from 127.0.0.0/8 to any
> 65000 79294 34601476 allow ip from any to any
> 65535 0 0 deny ip from any to any
>
> IPFIREWALL is not enabled on the client (X server) side.
>
> What did I wrong?
I posted this 5 days ago, and nobody answered. What can I do? Should I 
re-post after a week? (Nobody knows the answer, or - hopefully - the guy 
who knows the answer did not read the question?)

(I tried to look for a FAQ but I could not find it here: 
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions )

Thank you,

    Laszlo



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