topic Re: X-session problems in Operating System - HP-UX

X-session problems

Mark Pezzi — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:51:24 GMT

Hi everyone,

I?m having a problem with exporting my display after a new installation on an L1000, and J2240. I installed HP-UX 11.00 July2001, neither machines have a video card but I have installed CDE, X11 and Xserver. When I try to start a X-session using X-Win32 the windows comes up then kills it self. After working on the L server with a consultant, we got it working by copying some lib files. Many files were tried and I?m not sure which one got it to work. I believe it was one of the X11 lib files but unsure.

I would like to better understand rather then just do a random blind copy like I did with the L1000.

Has anyone ever seen this before, and is there a fix for it?

Thanks,
Mark

Re: X-session problems

Alex Glennie — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:05:06 GMT

No and I don't like the idea of not knowing which files were copied ....personally I'd reinstall from the core O/S the CDE Run time env and start over.

fyi : dr_dt (CDE diagnostic may give clues to problems, though it's no so good with plain Xstuff)

also check /var/dt/Xerrors and any log files on the pc side ? some X emulators are capable of running traces ...

first thing to check would be that dtlogin (CDE daemon) is running locally on the L-class.

the next thing is fonts .... I'd ensure the CDE specific fonts are in the L-class font path and then setup xfs and make sure the PC emulator has the fs address in its own font path ->

To do this a few things are required:

1 - The font server needs to be configured to include the CDE
fonts in its catalog

EDIT: /etc/X11/fs/config

Append ",/usr/dt/config/xfonts/C" to the end of the
"catalogue = ..." line

EDIT: /etc/rc.config.d/xfs

Set the following variable: "RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1"

EXECUTE: /sbin/init.d/xfs start

If the font-server is already running, kill it and
restart it.

2 - Force CDE to add the font-server to the X-Server font-path
by editing the Xsetup file. (NOTE: This steps REQUIRES
the IP address of the CDE session server. You can get
this information by running: nslookup `hostname`.)

COPY: /usr/dt/config/Xsetup to /etc/dt/config/Xsetup
EDIT: /etc/dt/config/Xsetup

Add the following line to /etc/dt/config/Xsetup replacing
"IPADDRESS" with the IP address of the server as returned
from "nslookup `hostname`":

$XDIR/xset fp+ tcp/IPADDRESS:7000 1>/dev/null

(don't forget to add the tcp/IPADDRESS:7000 to the PC X s/w font path too !)

Your best hope is to get some errors ....

Re: X-session problems

Alexander M. Ermes — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:28:46 GMT

Hi there.
Check the home directory of that user.
If you have the files / directories
.TTauthority
.Xauthority
.dt
in it, remove them ( rm for the files, rm -rf for the directories ). If you login for CDE the next time, these files will be recreated.
I have had this problem this morning, after i copied files from a different userid.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

Re: X-session problems

Wodisch — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:41:03 GMT

Hello,

I do not usually blame everything on Windows, but I would test another X-server, first. Have you got a "Demo-Linux" CD? That"s Linux running from the CD alone - no harddisk needed (or modified). SuSE calls it a "LiveCDROM". Boot one of those, go to textmode, and execute
X -query IP-Address-of-B132

Do you get the CDE login screen?
Can you login now?

Then it is a Windows-problem...

Just my $0.02,
Wodisch

Re: X-session problems

Mark Pezzi — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:03:45 GMT

The /var/dt/Xerrors are showing some errors. I'm trying Alex's suggestion, I'll update later. No CDE login screen, and I can connect to 5 other C class and 1 other J2240 with a video card on board.

Re: X-session problems

Mark Pezzi — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:09:27 GMT

Still no luck... but I am making progress. I reinstalled X11 & Xserver Updated fonts...CDE Daemon is running set "RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1" was at 0. Still no xlogon screen, BUT. I tested fron another system and was able to export the display and launch sam(graphic). Is there an Xlogin service, and what files/libs are needed.