XDMCP connection

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

I just did a cold install of HP-UX 11.1 onto my D380 Server. I use Reflection X to connect to the server from my W2k workstation. I am getting this error:

Your XDMCP connection timed out - make sure that the hosts on your network are running XDM programs. (RX2102)

Can anyone give me some help as to what i need to install and where I can find it?

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Jeff,

Is your networking setup correctly on the D380? Does it have a default route? Can it ping itself? Can it ping your W2k workstation? By name? By IP?


Pete

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

Pete,

Yes, the server can ping itself and can ping my workstation.
I did not setup DNS on the server and wanted to use a hosts file. I had been given help yesterday from HP tech support helping me to get connected to my network.

Don't know about the default route.

[Kenneth Platz]

Is the "/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin" process running on your server? dtlogin is the process that handles your XDM connections.

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

Sorry to ask a stupid question but how to i know if dtlogin is running?

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Look at your /etc/rc.log and search for 'dtlogin'. You should see Sxxxdtlogin.rc start almost at the end. If there are any errors, then you will need to fix them. Also see if it doesn't say "skipped". If so, then you will need to edit /etc/rc.config.d/desktop and add "DESKTOP=CDE" and then do a /sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc start

If the above is not the case, then see if there is any firewalls|network filters between the HP server and your w2k subnet. Make sure they allow X-traffic (6000+ ports)

-Sri

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

I checked the /etc/rc.log and didn't find dtlogin with in the file. What do I need to do to get it working?

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
To check if dtlogin is running, do a
ps -ef |grep dtlogin

You should get at least one line similar to this:
root 1530 1502 0 Feb 4 ? 0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Normally a dtlogin script is placed in /sbin/rc3.d. Generally S990dtlogin.rc.

dtconfig -e can be used to set this up for you. Man dtconfig for details.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Do you get anything if you do

#cd /sbin
#find . -name *dtlogin*

If not, then I afraid CDE might have not gotten installed.

swlist -l bundle |grep -i CDE

It should give you CDE bundle. If not, then you will need to load it from your CDs.

-Sri

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

Here are the answers to your questions:

# ps -ef|grep dtlogin
root 6431 5444 2 12:35:59 pts/ta 0:00 grep dtlogin

# cd /sbin
# find . -name *dtlogin*
./init.d/dtlogin.rc
./rc2.d/K100dtlogin.rc
./rc3.d/S990dtlogin.rc

# swlist -l bundle |grep -i CDE
CDE-English B.11.11 English CDE Environment

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

For now you can start dtlogin using the command '/sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc start'. Then try if the XDMCP works.

When you reboot the box next time, make sure "Start CDE Login Server" comes up and says "OK" at the console during the boot messages.

Are you really in multi user mode? "who -r"

-Sri

[akil-al]

Your XDMCP connection timed out. (RX2102)
this is the error i see.i tried to start the dtlogin since it was not started , however it appears that the dtlogin does npot start the command is run succesfully, i mean ther is no message telling what went wrong. see
# /sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc start
#
and after:

# ps -ef |grep dtlogin
root 2629 2405 1 15:44:32 pts/td 0:00 grep dtlogin
#
the CDE is installed.
thanks

[akil-al]

well,
first it is needed to be started the cde
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e
done
desktop auto-start enabled.

then
/sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc start
after that , i can connect with reflection

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

The server has been retired. Thanks for the help.