Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:19:02 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to connect to remote X server using X -query Message-ID: <44ejqec2bd.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0612290311o6174782i9587286860bd177@mail.gmail.com> (Christian Walther's message of "Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:11:02 %2B0100") References: <14989d6e0612290311o6174782i9587286860bd177@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> writes: > I'm on > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD pixie.alashan.dyndns.org 6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD > 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #1: Thu Nov 16 17:15:03 CET 2006 > root@pixie.alashan.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PIXIE i386 > > running > > $ pkg_info|grep ^xorg-server > xorg-server-6.9.0_5 X.Org X server and related programs > > I set up two of my machines in my network to allow remote logins via > xdm and gdm. Both are Linux machines, one is a current Ubuntu release > running gdm, the other one a decent Debian/testing running xdm. I'd > like to connect to both machines using the command > > $ X -query <ip> -fp tcp/<ip>:7100 > > The X-Server starts, but it justs sits there, displaying the default > background. After a certain period of time the server is restarted, > without any error message on the console or in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > I checked the xdm/gdm configuration a couple of times, but I can use > any other none FreeBSD-host in my network to successfully connect to > the Display Manager on both machines. I even checked this with a > NetBSD machine. > I browsed through the manual and the FAQs, but I didn't find any > section that gave me a clue of what is going on. There is no Firewall > configured on my FreeBSD machine, and there is no security level set: > > # sysctl -h kern.securelevel > kern.securelevel: -1 > > X runs just fine when being executed locally, either via startx or via > /etc/ttys using xdm. > > Did I miss something? Hmm. It looks okay so far, but I haven't used this kind of environment in years (so take that with a grain of salt). I would try debugging through the init file (.xinitrc, if the user has one) -- perhaps putting some checkpoints in that script which will write out to local files. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44ejqec2bd.fsf>