Kernel: 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 XFree86: xfree86-4.4.0 binaries (picked up today). I have a fully up2date'd FC3 system (as of 16 Dec) which I am trying to set up to offer a chooser at system-startup rather than a regular X login window. I want the chooser to include an entry for the host machine itself (dev1), as well as listing other machines. Furthermore, users of the system need to be able to switch Xserver depths (some applications will only operate in 8-bit, others only in 24-bit). This is a prelude to building diskless hosts which will function in the same way. (ltsp is not adequate). I have all this working on a number of diskless netbooted hosts under RH7.1 + XFree86 Version 4.3.0, but am now attempting to modernise, and have hit problems. 1. If I cause the local host (dev1) to display a chooser itself: #/usr/bin/X11/X -indirect dev1 & #xdm I get a list of available hosts as expected, except that dev1 appears with the comment: 'This account is currently not available' However, if I click on the entry, I get a login window and can obtain a desktop after logging in. The chooser list also contains entries for other hosts in our setup, but clicking on these just brings up the basic X screen which eventally times-out back to the chooser. These hosts are all only running IPv4. 2. If I cause the localhost to display a chooser from some other host (in this case server1, which is also only running IPv4): #/usr/bin/X11/X -indirect server1 & #xdm I again find that the entry for dev1 says 'This account is currently not available' but this time it *doesnt* work if I click on it; however, all the IPv4 hosts which didnt work in 1) now work OK. My assumptions: The out-of-box FC3 kernel is built to support IPv4/6 The appropriate xfree86 4.4.0 binaries are also built to support IPv4/6 My conclusion: On an IPv4/6 host: A chooser established by an IPv4/6 host (dev1) will display entries for IPv4 and IPv4/6 hosts but wont allow connection to the IPv4-only ones and A chooser established by an IPv4-only host (server1) will display entries for IPv4 and IPv4/6 hosts but wont allow connection to the IPv4/6 ones. Is this comprehensible? Is this to be expected? Can this be fixed? What does 'This account is currently not available' mean, and what can I do about it? As delivered, my Fedora3 system came with xorg stuff. The same problem occurs with that, but they dont seem to want to help. I've switched back to xfree86 since my systems used to work with that, albeit with an ancient kernel, but no joy. Can you guys help me please? Cheers, Terry. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
