How to connect remotely to GDM?

Mon Jul 17 01:48:20 UTC 2006

Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a windows host running FC5 on VMWare. I'd like to connect to
> GDM via XDMCP. The following steps have been done:
> 
>  - Switched off iptables
>  - Enabled remote login in gdmsetup
> 
> On the Windows host I have an installed CygWin/X. No, when I enter
> 
>  xwin.exe -query 192.168.1.129
> 
> (which is the VMWare guests IP address), I can see the following in
> Ethereal:
> 
>    XDMCP Query
>    XDMCP Willing
>    XDMCP Request
>    XDMCP Accept
>    XDMCP Manage
> 
> So far anything looks good. But after that point, nothing happens,
> except that the XDMCP MANAGE packet is repeated over and over again.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jochen
> 
> 
By default, GDM will only accept connections from the local machine.
You have to reconfigure it. I don't remember the menu entry right
now, and I am not on the FC machine, so I can not check it.

Mikkel
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