""Unable to initialize or connect to the desktop messaging system

[sanjeev_26]

Hi,
>I am trying to use Exceed 7 (on Windows 2000) to use the CDE on a remote host (unix)
>I have tried the XDMCPQuery modes. I can successfully login into the
host
>m/c and I get to see the "Starting the Common Desktop Environment....
>Welcome ..." screen as well Exceed Tool Bar. The hour glass displays for
>couple of minutes, but after that it displays a error message dialog box
>""Unable to initialize or connect to the desktop messaging system. check
> your &Home/.dt/errorlog for more information".
> What is going wrong here?

Thanks for any help on this.
N Sanjeev Kumar

[sanjeev_26]

Hi,
As mentioned by pete hostname resolution issues because that's generally the culprit. Here's some other threads dealing with this issue:
You might want to try switching /etc/nsswitch.conf to look at hosts first:

hosts: files[NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue TRYAGAIN=return] nis

and make sure that the hostname/IP are correct in /etc/hosts.
I just copped the nsswitch.conf from reputed system and i tried to login from exceed,
i didn,t found any error

Thanks
Pete