[P1] Remote graphical login (XDMCP) problems

[Angus Wallace]

well, it's a bit of a story actually.

But to cut it short, I think this must be run in a (non X11) terminal, 
because it is running the X11 program (and only one can be run at a 
time)

Cheers,
-Angus

On 31/05/2004, at 10:05 AM, RP McKay wrote:

> On 31/5/04 12:51 am, "Angus Wallace" <angus.wallace at flinders.edu.au> 
> wrote
> (in part):
>
>> Can anyone give some suggestions?
>>
>> XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
>> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
>> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
>> [DRI] screen 0 installation complete
>> Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)
>>
>> I don't think the part about setting to root is the issue (as I think
>> it's only a lock file) - but I could be wrong ;-).
>
> I just noticed that this exact message comes up on my PB whenever I 
> start up
> X11, so I don't think your above message is the problem. (shows in
> Console.app).
>
> Are you using xterm in X11 to connect or are you using Terminal/other?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
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