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From: henk@cs.vu.nl (Henk Smit)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xdm and Xkernels on sun3/50's
Keywords: Xkernel,xdm,XDCMP,sun3/50
Message-ID: <7548@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 13 Sep 90 13:28:46 GMT
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     Hello Netlanders,


 How can I force the Xserver, running on a Xkernel sun3/50, to generate a
XDCMP "manage me" request ?


 We are running an Xkernel on a sun3/50, like Seth Robertson suggested
somewhere around May/June.
 Everything is just fine, except for one thing. When this problem is solved,
we are going to run Xkernel on 20 sun3/50's for our students.


 We are using xdm (X11R4, patchlevel 14) to manage our X terminals. We also
want xdm to manage the 3/50's with the Xkernels.
 When the 3/50 boots, the xdm process on our compute server does not notice
this event immediately. It does not start the login-window on the 3/50.
 When you "kill -HUP" the xdm process, with in a few seconds a login window
pops up on the 3/50.

 I suspect the problem is that the Xkernel doesn't understand XDCMP enough to
make a request to the xdm process on a remote host to manage a him.
 I compiled the (static) X server with the (standard) -DXDMCP flag, but this
seems not enough to force the X server to send a "manage me" XDMCP request
at startup.

 I would like to know if somebody encountered the same problem, and (of course)
what they have done about it. I'll summarize, if needed.

     Thanks in advance,


                              Henk.

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