SOLVED Re: Remote X session (WinXP -> Fedora Core 1)

[Tim Wunder]

Mostly the result of user error. The iptables rules that were supposed 
to allow a remote XDMCP session came *after* a general deny all rule in 
the main chain on the FC1 box. Fixed that by inserting the new rules 
instead of appending. That, coupled with the stupid user finally 
learning the correct way to create new X-Win32 sessions resulted in 
success. I can now get a login screen to my FC1 box in my cold basement 
from my WinXP laptop via wireless while sitting in my nice warm living 
room :-)
Next step is to repartition the laptop and try to get linux installed 
properly...

On 2/22/2004 11:23 PM, I believe that Tim Wunder wrote:
> I'm trying to connect a Windows XP laptop to my fedora core 1 box via 
> X-Win32, a vnc-like software product for Windows which I've been using 
> to connect to my redhat 7x server at work. But I'm not having any luck.
> 
> Fedora Core uses gdm by default, so I've edited /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf so 
> that under the [xdmcp] section I have Enable=true.
> I've edited /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config so that I've commented out the line:
> #DisplayManager.requestPort:    0
> I've edited /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess so that
> *    CHOOSER BROADCAST
> is not commented out.
> 
> Thinking that the problem may be firewall related, I killed all my 
> iptables firewall rules, but I still can't get a login connection.
> 
> xdmcp seems to be workeng when I'm local to the fedora core box ('X :1 
> -query localhost' works.)
> 
> Anybody care to offer a suggestion on getting this to work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 
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