Re: VNC with XDM problem

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Wolfgang Schmiesing wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running my VNC server with inetd and the login is managed by the XDM
> display manager. Having set it up according to FAQs on the net it works fine
> normally. The problem is when my XDM server on the Linux box has been running
> idle for say a couple of hours it just presents the grey screen with the
> (useless) mouse cursor. After restarting the XDM daemon on the Linux box it
> works fine for the next hours. It just seems to freeze after some time being
> idle. Has anyone a solution for this strange behaviour? For further
> information when the XDM presents a grey screen I have a "sh <defunct>"
> process in my process list which disappears after restarting the XDM.
> 

This normally points to problems around xdm. Check and recheck teh 
configurations you use. For xdm, I use 
http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp as a base.

btw: is there any relation to the console and what is happening over there? Like 
screensaver on/of or login/logout or such? Since xdm is (most likely) used at 
both sides some things might have influence.


CBee