From: Dave C. <dc...@do...> - 2006-05-22 09:35:27
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Holger, > > I'm really not sure what you are trying to achieve. Please excuse my ignorance, I wasn't really aware of what xdmcp was, I'm afraid. I thought it was some sort of broadcast protocol which allowed the VNC client to connect to the VNC server. > > Could you please test all this without a vncserver, and only start kdm? In effect this is what I have been doing all along as the Xming has not been connecting to the VNC server but to the XDMCP. > I don't know much about vncserver but i doubt that it will listen to > XDMCP broadcasts, that is the job of kdm (or xdm). > > And if you have twm hardcoded in your xstartup why are you surprised > that no other window manager can get started? > I didn't want it hardcoded. It was hardcoded in VNC, what I was seeking to do was to change it so that I could use another wm. In actual fact, the window manager doesn't really worry me, but the way application windows are drawn half off the screen and without any way of moving them makes it unusable. Many Thanks, Dave Coventry |