Re: XDMCP Flakyness

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On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:40:20AM -0400, Chip wrote:
> When enabling XDMCP thru the menu:
> System Settings -> Login Screen -> [XDMCP]
> 
> Sometimes it works sometimes not.  Can't figure out what the problem is.
> 
> I bring up X-Win32 on my windows box.  Sometimes I see my server listed,
> sometimes not.  I log back in from the console and yep, it's enabled.
> Still no server listing in X-Win32.   I log out.  Wait a few mins, now
> it shows up in X-win32.  I log in remotely using X-Win32 things are
> great.   Log out and go to lunch, come back and it's no longer showing
> up.   Do the same thing I did before, log in at console, log back
> out...not showing up at all.   Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as
> to when it will work and when it won't.  
> 
> I'm not seeing any problems in the log.  I've rebooted, and restarted X,
> log in/log out while saving changes.   Still very flaky, sometimes
> there, sometimes not.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chip Gwyn
> chip on fluidgravity.com
Probably if you go to /etc/X11/gdm and edit the lines in gdm.conf as follows it will work:
[xdmcp]
Enable=true
HonorIndirect=true

I don't have my RH 8.0 here but I am extrapolating from 7.3.
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