[plug] forwarding X11 - KDM

[Sol]

Thanks Scott for pointing me in the right direction.

Surprisingly, my incompetence was not the root cause of the problem in
this instance. Configurations settings between versions of kdmrc have
changed slightly for Debian and others who are using KDE for dumb
terminals out to be aware of this.
diff as follows:
/etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc
#Whether KDM should listen to XDMCP requests. Default is false for Debian.
Enable=True
/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
#Whether KDM should listen to XDMCP requests. Default is true.
Enable=False

I had the enable line uncommented and the value in the kde3/kdm/kdmrc
file changed to False which disallowed XDMCP requests. Once this was
commented the settings in Xaccess worked as expected.

regards,
sol

> In Debian edit
> /etc/kde2/kdm/Xaccess
> Several configurations possible but if it is a safe environment
> just put a * on its own down the bottom.
> you might also want to edit the /etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc so users can't
> shutdown the system and the like.
> 
> Those files have pretty good explanations in them so that should get you
> started. or you can look at www.ltsp.org 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 12:18, Sol wrote:
>     On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:49 pm, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
>     > Are you doing this at a GDM level or at the login term then
running kde
>     > level?
>     
>     Ummm. Don't know. KDM and KDE3 are working fine on the monitor
plugged into 
>     the server, and there is a blank X display on the terminals with a
mouse 
>     pointer, but no kdm login manager. There's a configuration setting
somewhere 
>     that allows this, I just can't remember where it is.
>     
>     I've tried doing more reading on this (there's no kdm manpage, and
the README 
>     was brief) and I may be confused about how this works. Are the remote 
>     displays a function of xdm? Xdm isn't installed on this server.
Perhaps 
>     that's the problem?
>     
>     regards,
>     sol
>     >
>     > ----- Original Message -----
>     > From: "Sol" <sol at terminus.net.au>
>     > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
>     > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:13 PM
>     > Subject: [plug] forwarding X11 - KDM
>     >
>     > > Me again!!!
>     > >
>     > > I've just installed KDE3 on Woody in a small office
environment but the
>     > > display is not forwarding to two dumb clients (which have X
running no
>     > > problems). There's a file I have to edit  to get this working
but I've
>     > > totally forgotten which one, and a search of the config files
hasn't
>     > > enlightened me. I even searched through /etc/kde2/  and
/etc/X11 to find
>     > > a file that dealt with forwarding kde from the server to the X
clients
>     > > but I can't seem to find the file that does this.
>     > >
>     > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>     > >
>     > > a thousand thanks,
>     > > sol
>     
>     
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