dtlogin problems

[paul carruthers]

Something has got my dtlogin services very upset. ( AIX 4.3.3 )

# stopsrc -s dtsrc
0513-044 The dtsrc Subsystem was requested to stop.

But a few mins later :

# ps -ef | grep dt
root 3286 5188 0 09:11:25 - 0:00 /usr/lpp/X11/bin/X -D
/usr/lib/X1
1//rgb -T -force :0 -auth /var/dt/A:0-ssfeqa
root 4196 4436 0 09:13:34 - 0:03 dtgreet
root 4436 5188 0 09:11:25 - 0:00 dtlogin <:0>
-daemon
root 5188 1 0 09:11:24 - 0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin
-daemon
root 21842 5460 2 09:44:02 pts/0 0:00 grep dt

If I reboot the box locally on the machine I get the dtlogin graphical
login box fine. However when I xdmcp broadcast from exceed ( win
clients ) I get a response saying the server is willing to manage...
when I attempt connection I get a blank screen. If I then stop and
restart the service it appears to do it...

# startsrc -s dtsrc
0513-059 The dtsrc Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 21686.

# more Xerrors

Fri Jul 19 09:43:02 2002
error (pid 21686): error binding socket address 177, errno = 67

Fri Jul 19 09:43:02 2002
error (pid 21686): Server unexpectedly died

my /etc/dt/config/Xconfig file all looks okay.. am I being stupid ?

paul

[Maarten Kreuger]

On 19 Jul 2002 01:48:05 -0700, paul.ca...@avellino.com (paul
carruthers) wrote:

You could be called stupid for using the common desktop :-)

It looks to me that you have hit a common problem with CDE:

CDE talks to itself (doh) by using TCP/IP and the hostname. If
you do not have set the hostname on a network interface, or as
an alias on one, it cannot contact itself. You should also make sure
that name resolving of the hostname works OK, forward and reverse.

That should do the trick. Oh and as CDE is nromally started from
inittab, you may need to reboot the system to get it all to work
properly....

enjoy,

Maarten Kreuger