xdmcp problems

[Peter Sotos]

Hi,

 

I am having trouble connecting to my Linux box using Exceed XDMCP Broadcast.
I can see my server when I first start up Exceed, but after I get the login
box, I am unable to type in my username into the box.  I can fix this
problem temporarily by rebooting the server, but then after a couple hours
the username box will be greyed out again and I cannot type in my username.

 

I've called RedHat tech support and they don't offer tech support for XDMCP
broadcast for my particular RedHat version (Enterprise WS).  I've called
Exceed tech support and they had no idea what was wrong with it.  They've
asked me to reboot the server but that only fixes it temporarily.

 

I've searched all over the internet for help and I could not find anything
that would solve this problem.  Here are some things that I've tried
changing to my config files.

 

 

etc/inittab

change "id:3:initdefault:" to "id:5:initdefault:"

added this line "z:5:respawn:/usr/bin/gdm" to the very bottom

 

 

etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

under the [xdmcp] section I have..

Enable=1

HonorIndirect=0

 

 

etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config

I commented out the last line so it looks like..

! DisplayManager.requestPort:   0

 

 

etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess

In here, I uncommented this line

*                                       #any host can get a login window

 

 

Those are all the changes I have made to my config files.  I have tried
every combination of those and I still would have this problem.  Does anyone
have a clue as to what's going on here?  I appreciate any help I can get.

 

Thanks.

 

Peter