To David Smith

[Wing Newton]

Dave,

	Thank you for your reply.

	I tried both -broadcast and -query localhost and I still have the
same result. I started the xdm -debug 9 and observed the log and did not
see anything abnormal. I am still getting  the samething - grey screen with
a cursor - no login window. 

	I probably miss something very simple. Is there something that
I have to change in the /etc/X11/xdm directory e.g. Xaccess, Xserver, etc ?
Note that I am using Redhat 6.0.


	Thank you again.

	Francis

> 
> At 7:51 AM -0800 3/29/00, Wing Newton wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >
> >	I am a newbie to VNC. Xvnc (vncserver) works great
> >and .vnc/xstartup is executed as expected. However, I can't
> >get iXvnc i.e. the inetd/Xvnc to work. How  does xstartup
> >or equivalent gets executed in iXvnc ? Vncviewer on iXvnc
> >just comes up with a grey screen.
> >
> >	Allow me to ask - how does X get called in the
> >inetd environment.
> 
> It has to query a XDM type server.  CDE on most systems will do this. 
> Read the iXvnc page on how to call it, using the "-query localhost" 
> or "-broadcast" switch to Xvnc ( -query localhost will query a XDM X 
> server on the local machine, -broadcast will look for one anywhere on 
> the network).  Since all the sessions come up as the same user 
> (nobody if you followed the iXvnc page) there is no why to give each 
> user their own environment.  XDM will give them a X login.
> 
> On Solaris 2.6 you need to have inetd exec Xvnc as root or set the 
> Xvnc executable set group ID to bin (the same as /usr/openwin/bin/X* 
> (whichever is not the link).
> 
> I also found out that Sun's inetd, and many others, have a limitation 
> of how long the command string can be so I built a small wrapper 
> which only requires a size and bit depth and already contains all the 
> other switches.  It also makes it easier to make global changes to my 
> iXvnc startup.
> 
> Luck.
> --------------
> David A. Smith
> <smithd "at" blkbox.com>
> The box said: "Needs Windows 98 or better," so I bought a Macintosh.
> 
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