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From: arne@yc.estec.nl (Arne Lundberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XDMCP/-query option to MIT sample servers
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Date: 6 Jun 90 12:19:08 GMT
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I have a question about the XDMCP support in the MIT sample server, in my
particular case the Xhp server.

I am starting the X server from init by an entry in the inittab. On an other
machine I have a xdm running that is told that the workstation with the
X server
is a foreign display. This works OK until a reboot of the workstation,
which xdm
never learns about. I tried the ``-query xdm-host'' option when starting
Xhp but
it did not help. The only thing that happend was that Xhp generated an error 
message: ``XDM: too many retransmissions''.

According to the manual this option would send query packets to xdm-host
and this
would than tell xdm that a `new' X display is ready for use.

Is this supposed to work the way I would like? 
In that case why does it not work?

Thanks in advance,

Arne Lundberg

European Space Technology Centre, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
arne@yc.estec.nl or ALUNDBER@ESTEC.BITNET
Phone: +31 1719 84865, Fax: +31 1719 12142, Telex: 39098