XDM Login Broken

[Kurt Wall]

Scribbling feverishly on April 07, Joel Hammer managed to emit:
> > > 
> > > *					#any host can get a login window
> > > 
> > > *		CHOOSER BROADCAST	#any indirect host can get a chooser
> > 
> > Okay, I did this and was able to log in using XDM, *but*:
> > 1. My window manager (XFCE) didn't work properly - no toolbar at the
> >    bottom and the context menus, which were available, did not work.
> > 2. I don't like allowing access to "any host" this way, for obvious
> >    reasons, firewall notwithstanding.
> > 3. I shouldn't have to change this to log in using XDM. It worked
> >    before the upgrade, so it should work after the upgrade without
> >    this change.
> 
> Regarding #2, you could put something else in place of the * .
> I am not sure of the exact format of this file, but something like:
> 127.0.0. Otheripnumbers   
> as the first line might be enuf to limit logons just to your local computer.

True. However, for local hosts, this line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
controls local access:

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X

NB: If you use XDM, you can add options after this line to customize
how X starts, for example:

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 100 -gamma 1.5

> Regarding #3, what was in your Xaccess file that was preventing you from
> logging in? 

I uncommented the line

#*	CHOOSER BROADCAST	#any indirect host can get a chooser
 
> Regarding #1, I don't know nuthin' about configuring GUI's. Do you have
> the same problem if you just start the xserver with startx or kde or
> whatever without using xdm? If the problem goes away when you start the

No, that was the issue.

> xserver directly, then try printing out the man page for xdm and reading
> it over and over again, like I did when I got into the kdm thing. (I really
> think the CHOOSER option is cool!) There are tons of configuration items
> there, most of which I don't have any idea about but they might relate
> to the problem.

I stared at it for awhile, tried a few things, but nothing worked.

Thanks for the suggestions, though.

Kurt
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