Subject: -current and xdm/gdm crashing
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/07/2002 17:20:57
Hi All,
I've installed -current on my workstation, which seems to run fine. Last
night I connected a diskless xterm, which gets booted via nfs from my
workstation. So far so good, I've set up gdm (also tried xdm) but I'm
experience some strange problems:
- gdm/xdm stops responding to inderect xdmcp request after a login or two
- killing gdm/xdm by pressing ctrl-alt-bkspc causes a system lock-up

My guess is that this problem is related to -current (I can log in fine for
the first time afterall, config's are included) but if possible I'd like to
get a bit more info before I start reverting to 1.5.2 ;-)
Has anyone else experienced some problems using xdm/gdm under -current, or
general X lockups?

You can easily  try it when you've got X installed; log in as root and start
xdm/gdm by hand, after it comes up log in to X, log out and try to kill
xdm/gdm using ctrl-alt-bkspc. The kernel should lock up.

Also, it seems that gdm/xdm 'remembers' it's connection; whenever I reboot
the diskless terminal it stops responding to indirect xdmcp requests.

My config/version info:
bash-2.05$ X -version

XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 2 June 2001

bash-2.05$ uname -a
NetBSD apollo 1.5ZA NetBSD 1.5ZA (APOLLO) #2: Mon Feb  4 18:32:57 CET 2002
axel@apollo:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/APOLLO i386

Client:
06:18pm axel@xterm1:~ $uname -a
NetBSD xterm1.thuis 1.5ZA NetBSD 1.5ZA (NetBSD/i386 Remote Boot Kernel) #7:
Thu Feb  7 15:53:52 CET 2002 axel@apollo:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/REMOTE_BOOT i386

06:18pm axel@xterm1:~ $mount
192.168.0.10:/usr/xterminals/xterm1/root on / type nfs
apollo:/usr on /usr type nfs (read-only)
apollo:/usr/home on /home type nfs

06:19pm axel@xterm1:/var/log $tail -2 XFree86.0.log 
XDM: too many retransmissions
XDM: too many retransmissions

That's what I get whenever xdm/gdm hangs on the server. 

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Axel Scheepers
UNIX System Administrator

email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net
       ascheepers@vianetworks.nl
http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel
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