HP CDE desktop connection thru Exceed

[Sureshbabu Nair_1]

Hi,

I have been facing some issues with new server, rp 4440, with HP-UX 11.11 installed. I cannot use CDE desktop (the full desktop session) with Exceed. I can use individual GUI application by setting DISPLAY env variable. But I cannot connect using XDMCP-Broadcast to the server. When I use the XDCMP-Broadcast, I get login screen and I can enter my login and password. But then it shows the CDE first screen with all the Copyright information. After which It does not show anything. I compared the configuration of this server with another server on which I can use XDCMP-broadcast. They are identical. I compared the /ect/dt and /etc/X11 directories. I also compared the netconf and desktop files in /etc/rc.config.d directory.

I am not sure why this is happening.

Another smaller issue is that from certain older desktop systems, when I telnet to this server (using putty and windows telnet), the telnet connection appears slow and abruptly breaks down the connection (esp when you run commands with lot of output)

Can someone help me with this?. I tried calling my vendor, but he also has no clues on this

[Victor Fridyev]

Hi,

Please check whether you have normal DNS resolution (direct and reverse) for both server and Exceed PC and, after login via telnet look at definition of DISPLAY variable. If you have such a definition in .profile or another file, cancel it immediately.

HTH

[Sureshbabu Nair_1]

Hi Viktor,

Thanks for the quick responbse. But my server has been configred properly for direct and reverse lookup on DNS and I do not find any setting of DISPLAY env variable on profile files

Not sure why still its not working

[Steve Steel]

Hi


/var/dt/Xerrors

Whats in there

run

/usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt

fix any faults


Steve Steel

[Pete Randall]

Maybe it's not the server. Is Exceed configured properly on the desktop? Can the desktop resolve the server name? Is Exceed aware of the server name?

On the other hand, is the server aware of the desktop? Can you ping it from the server?


Pete

[Eknath · Accepted solution]

Hi Sureshbabu,

The CDE login session uses rpc calls for communication, so rpcbind must be running!
Try to start rpcbind, the CDE problem will be solved. rpcbind can be started by /sbin/init.d/nfs.core start

Stopping nfs.core for any reason will result in the CDE hangs.

Cheers!!!
eknath

[Sureshbabu Nair_1]

Guys,

Thanks a lot.. The issue was we had shutdown prcbind daemon, because of potential vulnerabilities.

But not sure why telnet using the older machines hangs. Anyway one less issue