I too download xwindemo about 2 weeks ago and have been at a loss at how to make it work. I think I have tried all the combinations but nothing seems to happen.
In article 4371 Ata Etamadi gives a very good description of what should happen. I followed all of those steps but it just isn't working.
Let me explain my system. I am using a 486 running norton desktop and winsock 1.0 Rev A using a SLIP connection to a dedicated ( my own) IP address. WINQVTws3.96 works pretty well although a get GPF errors when I try to using mail and news. The telnet and FTP parts are working most of the time. I think the problems with QVT are from the host side because it is a large university network and things are quite slow.
BTW any help why the GPF keep appearing would be helpful
Anyway, once a SLIP connection is established, I open Xwindemo. I have tried the XDCMP broadcast function and nothing happens so I am assuming there are no machines on the local network running xdm. We have hundreds of computers on campus it is hard to believe that none of them have this xdm feature installed; but anyway.
So now I try to connect to a few Suns and RS6000 machines on campus, I use the rexec shell and type in the IP address I want to contact. I make sure the address is in my xhosts list. I enter my login and for the command line I enter
I have also tried using other numbers after the :0.0, :0.1, :0.2,:0.3,1:0 ....
I have tried using signle window mode, both turning on display 0.1 option etc.
What happens when I try to open a session:
In the message box of xwin I get login messages, then a get a couple warnings about the colors white,red,and black not being defined on my local pallete (or something like that) then noting. If I turn the debug feature on, I get a lot of requests for about 30 seconds then nothing. If from winsock I turn the IP flag on I can see talk back and forth between IP address for about 30 seconds, then nothing. The connection is still good because I can repeat procedure or open QVT etc and everything is OK.
My questions:
Jerome Pier (article #4725) mentioned a brief message about .rhosts file on the host side. What is in this? Is it needed?
How long should it take for a xterm window to come up using a slip connection running at 14.4k? While it is coming up I should still see traffic back and forth correct?
What window setting should I use? Single -virtual root- or none at all?
This looks like a great demo package if I can get it working.
Any Help would be much appreciated
-Patrick kellip@rpi.edu
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