X -query not working

[Michael Dalanek]

Hi,

Ive got a PC running standard RedHat 7.0. X works fine.
From my HP workstation if I do; X -query I get a grey screen up but never a login. If I do a -query to any other HP server it works fine.

What do I need to do with my Redhat setup to allow remote X queries to work ?

Thanks.

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

X -once -query

[Michael Dalanek]

X -once -query doesnt work. Same problem. Any more ideas anyone ?

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

See http://www.dutchworks.nl/htbin/hpsysadmin?h=3&dn=22332&q=X%20-query&fh

[Michael Aos]

Assuming gnome, you need to modify /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf. Under:

[xdmcp]
enable=true

[Michael Dalanek]

Thanks for the replies guys but no good. Tried them all, still only get a grey screen up, no login. Any more ideas ??

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

http://www.dutchworks.nl/htbin/hpsysadmin?h=3&dn=17756&q=X%20%20-query%20%20linux&fh

[Michael Aos]

I suspected the font path would cause him grief (great URL, wish I'd found that a couple years ago!) as well, but it doesn't sound like he's even getting that far.

Have you tried restarting gdm since modifying gdm.conf?

[Michael Dalanek]

Hi,

I have restarted gdm (Iand the PC). Still no joy. Im running the X -query from my HP workstation so surely I need a font server up and running on the PC running RedHat to point to ?? Ive tried pointing to my font server running on my HP but no good. Still same problem - I get a grey X screen up, but no login.

Any more ideas ???

[Michael Aos]

Actually, you need the font server running on an HP-UX box.

The problem was that CDE required some HP-specific fonts and dies without them.

Mike

[Michael Aos]

Oops, sorry, I was starting to get confused in what you wanted to do.

If you're wanting to get an HP CDE (dtlogin) on your RedHat Linux box, then setting up an HP-UX font server did the trick for me.

If you just want a gdm / xdm login prompt on your HP-UX box, then setting up xdm or gdm should do it for you. No font server required.

Mike

[Michael Dalanek]

Michael,

thanks for the replies. Yes, Im on my HP workstation in command line mode (no CDE) and Im trying to X -query to my Redhat PC. Cant get it to work at all. The question is how do you setup gdm or xdm so it will work ??

[Mark Fenton]

Here's the gdm.conf I'm using (RH 6.2, sorry, but I think it'd be essentially the same for 7.0....) which seems to work normally:

And yes, all I had to do was edit the .conf and restart gdm.

[root@linux2 gdm]# cat gdm.conf
[daemon]
Chooser=/usr/bin/gdmchooser --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog
DefaultPath=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin
DisplayInitDir=/etc/X11/gdm/Init
Greeter=/usr/bin/gdmlogin --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog
Group=gdm
HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -h now
KillInitClients=1
LogDir=/var/gdm
PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid
PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PostSession/
PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/
RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now
RootPath=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin
ServAuthDir=/var/gdm
SessionDir=/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/
User=gdm
UserAuthDir=
UserAuthFBDir=/tmp
UserAuthFile=.Xauthority

[security]
AllowRoot=1
RelaxPermissions=1
RetryDelay=3
UserMaxFile=65536
VerboseAuth=1

[xdmcp]
Enable=1
HonorIndirect=1
MaxPending=4
MaxPendingIndirect=4
MaxSessions=16
MaxWait=30
MaxWaitIndirect=30
Port=177

[gui]
GtkRC=
MaxIconWidth=128
MaxIconHeight=128

[greeter]
Browser=1
DefaultFace=/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png
DefaultLocale=english
Exclude=bin,daemon,adm,lp,sync,shutdown,halt,mail,news,uucp,operator,nobody
Font=-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*
GlobalFaceDir=/usr/share/faces/
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm.xpm
LocaleFile=/etc/X11/gdm/locale.alias
Logo=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-logo-large.png
Quiver=0
SystemMenu=1
Welcome=Welcome to %n
Welcome[de]=Willkommen auf %n
Welcome[fr]=Bienvenue sur %n
Welcome[ja]=%n ??????????
[chooser]
DefaultHostImg=/usr/share/pixmaps/nohost.png
HostImageDir=/usr/share/hosts/
ScanTime=3

[debug]
Enable=0

[servers]
0=/usr/bin/X11/X
1=/usr/bin/X11/X

Best regards.

[Michael Dalanek]

Mark,

thanks for the info. Tried it but still the same problem. Ive even tried rebuilding my HP workstation so its nice and clean, still same problem.

Anybody got any more ideas ?