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IRIX Configuration

For XDMCP connection to IRIX
  1. Download SGI font from the following URL: /download/main.html

  2. In the /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config, copy the following two lines

    DisplayManager._0.session: /var/X11/xdm/Xsession
    DisplayManager._0.loginProgram: /var/X11/xdm/Xlogin

    Paste copied lines and replace _0 with Xmanager as follows:

    DisplayManager.Xmanager.session: /var/X11/xdm/Xsession DisplayManager.Xmanager.loginProgram: /var/X11/xdm/Xlogin

  3. Reset xdm process (you need root privilege to do this job):

    $ ps -ef | grep xdm [Enter]    # find the xdm process
    486 ? S 0:00 xdm
    $ kill -1 486 [Enter]        # reset the process

Solaris Configuration: Solaris 8, Solaris 9, Solaris 10

For XDMCP connection to Sun Solaris
1. XDM Configuration
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e [Enable]
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager

Red Hat Configuration: Red Hat 7, Red Hat 8, Red Hat 9, Red Hat 3.0 AS, Red Hat 5 EL, Red Hat 4 EL

For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 7, Red Hat 8, Red Hat 9, Red Hat 3.0 AS
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 5 EL
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

 For KDM:
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Red Hat 4 EL
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

 For KDM:
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

FedoraCore Configuration: FedoraCore 4, FedoraCore 5, FedoraCore 6

For XDMCP connection to FedoraCore 4
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the DisallowTCP entry to false in the [security] section as following.
[security]
DisallowTCP=false

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to FedoraCore 5, FedoraCore 6
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
Open /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set the DisallowTCP entry to false in the [security] section as following.
[security]
DisallowTCP=false

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Mandrake Configuration: Mandrake 9.1, Mandrake 10

For XDMCP connection to Mandrake 9.1
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the DisallowTCP entry to false in the [security] section as following.
[security]
DisallowTCP=false

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Mandrake 10
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Hancom Configuration: Hancom Linux 3.1 AS, Hancom Linux 4

For XDMCP connection to Hancom Linux 3.1 AS
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Hancom Linux 4
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Hansoft Configuration: Hansoft 2005, Hansoft 2006

For XDMCP connection to Hansoft Linux 2005
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5
For XDMCP connection to Hansoft Linux 2006
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

HP-UX Configuration: HP-UX 10.X, HP-UX 11.X

For XDMCP connection to HP-UX
1. XDM Configuration
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e [Enable]
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager

AIX Configuration: AIX 4.X, AIX 5.X

For XDMCP connection to IBM AIX
1. XDM Configuration
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e [Enable]
2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager

Suse Configuration: Suse 8, Suse 9, Suse 10

For XDMCP connection to Suse 8, Suse 9, Suse 10
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the DisallowTCP entry to false in the [security] section as following.
[security]
DisallowTCP=false

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Debian Sarge Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Debian Sarge
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

FreeBSD Configuration

For XDMCP connection to FreeBSD
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Ubuntu Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Ubuntu
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the DisallowTCP entry to false in the [security] section as following.
[security]
DisallowTCP=false

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Gentoo Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Gentoo
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /usr/kde/3.4/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Booyo Linux Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Booyo Linux
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Oracle Linux Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Oracle Linux
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Slackware Configuration: Slackware 9.1

For XDMCP connection to Slackware 9.1
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For GDM:
Open /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and set the Enable entry to 1 in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=1

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Caldera 3.11 Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Caldera 3.11
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5

Redflag 4 Configuration

For XDMCP connection to Redflag
1. XDM Configuration
1. Change runlevel to 5

Open/etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 5 as following:
id:5:initdefault:

2. Enable XDMCP

 For KDM:
Open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config comment out the "requestPort" option as following:
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 ==>
!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0
Open /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the initial "#" character for the following line:
#* #any host can get a login window ==>
* #any host can get a login window
Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and set the Enable entry to true in the [xdmcp] section as following.
[xdmcp]
Enable=true

2. Firewall (TCP/UDP Ports) Configuration
Open UDP port 177 from the PC to the remote host direction.
Open incoming TCP ports 6000~6010 from the remote host to your PC.
3. Reboot the remote host and start Xmanager
# init 3; init 5