XServer Problem

[LucianoCarvalho]

Hi Guys! I'm trying to access a Tru64 4.0F server through a xmanager windos Xclient software. I'm receiving the following error:
Fri Aug 8 09:34:20 2003
error (pid 13347): Server open attempt #0 failed for xxxxxxx:1, giving up

Fri Aug 8 09:36:19 2003
error (pid 13392): Server open attempt #0 failed for xxxxxxxx:1, giving up

Any idea?
Thnaks in advance

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

Bear in mind I'm hpux as opposed to Tru64 but since X is similar here's somethings to check .

a) on the Tru64 system you'll need something to handle the XDMCP requests from the Xclient s/w I suspect this will be CDE's dtlogin process so is this running. ps -ef | grep dtlogin (should be 1 parent + 1 child per remote display)

b) next thing to note is XDMCP across subnets is not automatic ... most likely you'd need to configure the pc s/w if it is possible. not sure if this is relevant.

c) most likely : ensure the tru64 system and pc are aware of one another ie an nslookup of both hostname and ip resolve correctly on both systems.

d) Lastly it looks like it's failing to open DISPLAY xxxxxxxx:1 .... that's a little odd but maybe OK .... normally the screen identifier would be :0

[LucianoCarvalho]

The problem has been caused by a firewall between the serverand the PC tha was blocking traffic on port 6000.
thanks