Using local workstation as an Xterminal

[Brian M. Fisher]

I have two old 715 workstations running 10.20 that I would like to use as Xterminals for connecting to various servers via CDE. I am getting the CHOOSER list of available X-servers, but when I try to connect to any of them the screen goes blank, then to a grey background and back to the CHOOSER list. Only by selecting the local workstation am I able to get a login screen. Any ideas on what the problem is or what log files to check?

Brian
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[Alex Glennie]

I'd suspect fonts : check /var/dt/Xerrors ? and setup a fontserver see man xfs or do a quick search on the forums.

CDE requires the dt interface series of fonts .....

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

I asked a question on this already and got an answer that works.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x87f8a12d6d27d5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Only thing to watch out for is connecting to the 700 series itself, you will end up resetting the Xserver and reissuing an XDMCP Indirect... I found out that pressing every key!! brings you from Xserver to text based login!... thats if you want to still connect via CDE login to the 700 series still.

I just use my 700 series as disk space (2G) for the OS, I then indirect to the server no problem.

Implement the script for further control.
It still works like a charm!

Later,
Bill

[Brian M. Fisher]

The /var/dt/Xerrors did not report any errors and a fontserver was not required due to already having CDE running locally. The problem ended up being the machine had (2) network interfaces, with one not being connected to a network. After disabling that interface everything started working.

Brian
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